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1 John 3:14

King James Version (KJV)

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Translations

1 John 3:14 - Amplified Bible

We know that we have passed over out of death into Life by the fact that we love the brethren (our fellow Christians). He who does not love abides (remains, is held and kept continually) in [spiritual] death.

1 John 3:14 - American Standard Version

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

1 John 3:14 - Bible in Basic English

We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

1 John 3:14 - Darby Bible

*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death.

1 John 3:14 - English Standard Version

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

1 John 3:14 - King James Version

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

1 John 3:14 - La Biblia de las Americas

Nosotros sabemos que hemos pasado de muerte a vida porque amamos a los hermanos. El que no ama (Algunos mss. posteriores agregan: a su hermano) permanece en muerte.

1 John 3:14 - The Message

The way we know we’ve been transferred from death to life is that we love our brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn’t love is as good as dead. Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know very well that eternal life and murder don’t go together.

1 John 3:14 - New American Standard Bible

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

1 John 3:14 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Nosotros sabemos que hemos pasado de muerte a vida porque amamos a los hermanos. El que no ama permanece en muerte.

1 John 3:14 - World English Bible

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn`t love his brother remains in death.

1 John 3:14 - Young's Living Translation

we -- we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

1 John 3:14 - Additional Comments

Lack of love for the brethren indicates who who has not received life, so they still dwell in death. These have a sentence of death.
When we believe, our state has changed. This love is a mark of our justified state, like a tattoo.

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