1 John 3:15

New Living Translation

Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father’s death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”

Matthew 5:28

But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Mark 6:19

So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But without Herod’s approval she was powerless,

John 4:14

But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

John 8:44

For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Acts 23:12

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:14

They went to the leading priests and elders and told them, “We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.

James 1:15

These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

1 John 2:11

But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.

1 John 2:9

If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness.

Revelation 21:8

“But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”