14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.


In Context

11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous.

13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.

15 Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1st John 3:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14We 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14we — 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He that loves not his brother stays in death.