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


In Context

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.

17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

1st John 3:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15Whoever hateth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15Every one who is hating his brother — a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.