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1 John 3:11 — King James Version← Study notes

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.


1 John 3:11Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 3:1112 words
GreekMeaning
ὍτιHoti
ForwordG3754
αὕτηhautē
thisdemonstrativeG3778
ἐστὶνestin
isverbG1510
thearticleG3588
ἀγγελίαangelia
messagenounG31
ἣνhēn
thatrelative pronounG3739
ἠκούσατεēkousate
you have heardverbG191
ἀπ’ap’
fromprepositionG575
ἀρχῆςarchēs
the beginningnounG746
ἵναhina
thatadverbG2443
ἀγαπῶμενagapōmen
we may loveverbG25
ἀλλήλουςallēlous
one anotherpronounG240
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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.…

Augustine · 4th century · Homily 5 on the First Epistle of John
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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