Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
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Gill's Exposition
Hereby perceive we the love of God,.... The phrase "of God" is not in the Oriental versions, nor in the Greek copies, but is in the Complutensian edition, and in the Vulgate Latin version, and is…
Barnes' Notes
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer ... - That is, he has the spirit of a murderer; he has that which, if it were acted out, would lead him to commit murder, as it did Cain. The private malice,…
Adam Clarke
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer - He has the same principle in him which was in Cain, and it may lead to the same consequences.
No murderer hath eternal life - Eternal life springs from an…
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
Whosoever hateth his brother Or, Every one that hateth his brother: see on 1Jn 3:3. Quite as a matter of course S. John passes from not loving to hating. The crisis caused in the world by the coming…
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