1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
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Study Note
The declaration 'we know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren' presents love for fellow believers as the epistemological evidence of regeneration and eschatological transfer — 'passed' (metabebēkamen, perfect tense indicating abiding result) echoes John 5:24's 'is passed from death unto life.' The grounding of assurance in tangible, observable social behaviour (fraternal love) rather than purely inward experience represents John's characteristic empirical-theological method. The contrasting clause 'he that loveth not his brother abideth in death' intensifies the positive by showing that the absence of love is not moral neutrality but continued residence in the realm of death. The passage became foundational for 'communion-ecclesiology' traditions that ground Christian identity in concrete mutual care rather than institutional affiliation.
ترجمات أخرى
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.
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.
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.
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