1 JOHN 3:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another — the message (aggelia) of love is foundational, rooted in apostolic tradition from the beginning. Love (agapē) of fellow believers is not optional but constitutive of Christian identity. The message summarizes the entire moral vision.
Church Fathers on 1 John 3:11
“Whosoever is not righteous is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.” 1 John 3:10-11 “For this is the message:” mark how he confirms it: “For this is the message which we heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.” He has made it manifest to us that it is of this he speaks; whoever acts against this commandment, is in that accursed sin, into which those fall who are not born of God. “Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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