1 JOHN 3:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death — the transition (metabainō) from death to life is verified by love (agapē) of the brothers. Love becomes the existential marker of resurrection life. Lovelessness indicates remaining in death (thanatos).
Church Fathers on 1 John 3:14
“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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