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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Gill's Exposition
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer,.... A soul murderer, as the Ethiopic version renders it; not only of himself, for every sinner, by sinning, wrongs and destroys his own soul; but of his…
Barnes' Notes
We know that we have passed from death unto life - From spiritual death (Notes, Eph 2:1) to spiritual life; that is, that we are true Christians. Because we love the brethren - The sentiment here is,…
Adam Clarke
We know that we have passed from death unto life - Death and life are represented here as two distinct territories, states, or kingdoms, to either of which the inhabitants of either may be removed.…
The beloved apostle can scarcely touch upon the mention of sacred love, but he must enlarge upon the enforcement of it, as here he does by divers arguments and incentives thereto; as,
I. That it is a…
Cambridge Bible
Love means life and hate means death.
We know The pronoun is very emphatic: -the dark world which is full of devilish hate may think and do what it pleases about us; we knowthat we have left the…
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