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1 John 3:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.


1 John 3:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 3:1520 words
GreekMeaning
πᾶςpas
EveryoneadjectiveG3956
ho
whoarticleG3588
μισῶνmisōn
is hatingverbG3404
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἀδελφὸνadelphon
brothernounG80
αὐτοῦautou
of himpronounG846
ἀνθρωποκτόνοςanthrōpoktonos
a murderernounG443
ἐστίνestin
isverbG1510
καὶkai
andwordG2532
οἴδατεoidate
you knowverbG6063
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
πᾶςpas
anyadjectiveG3956
ἀνθρωποκτόνοςanthrōpoktonos
murderernounG443
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἔχειechei
hasverbG2192
ζωὴνzōēn
lifenounG2222
αἰώνιονaiōnion
eternaladjectiveG166
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
αὐτῷautō
he / she / it / samepronounG846
μένουσανmenousan
abidingverbG3306
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 John 3:15

“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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