14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Read full chapter

14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(A) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(B)

Read full chapter

14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [a]his brother abides in death.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Read full chapter

35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”(A)

Read full chapter

35 (A)By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Read full chapter

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Read full chapter

This is how we know(A) that we love the children of God:(B) by loving God and carrying out his commands.

Read full chapter

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and (A)keep His commandments.

Read full chapter

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Read full chapter

20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(A) is a liar.(B) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(C) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(D) 21 And he has given us this command:(E) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(F)

Read full chapter

Obedience by Faith

20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, [a]how can he love God (B)whom he has not seen? 21 And (C)this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:20 NU he cannot

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Read full chapter

Now about your love for one another(A) we do not need to write to you,(B) for you yourselves have been taught by God(C) to love each other.(D)

Read full chapter

A Brotherly and Orderly Life

But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for (A)you yourselves are taught by God (B)to love one another;

Read full chapter

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Read full chapter

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(A) has eternal life(B) and will not be judged(C) but has crossed over from death to life.(D)

Read full chapter

Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (B)but has passed from death into life.

Read full chapter

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Read full chapter

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’(A)

Read full chapter

40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (A)inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

Read full chapter

22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Read full chapter

22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart

The Enduring Word

22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical

13 Let brotherly love continue.

Read full chapter

Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A)

Read full chapter

Concluding Moral Directions

13 Let (A)brotherly love continue.

Read full chapter