1 JOHN 3:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 2
“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.”
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him — the equation of hatred with murder (phoneus) intensifies the sin's gravity. The murderer lacks eternal life (zōē aionios) abiding within him; the life-giving Spirit cannot indwell one consumed by hatred. Hatred severs the source of eternal life.
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