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Everyoneπᾶςwhoὁhatesμισῶνhis brotherτὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦisἐστίνa murderer,ἀνθρωποκτόνοςandκαὶyou knowοἴδατεthatὅτιnoπᾶς οὐκmurdererἀνθρωποκτόνοςhasἔχειeternalαἰώνιονlifeζωὴνremainingμένουσανinἐνhim.αὐτῷ
1 John 3:15
Study it in the app“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 3:15, word by word
- hatesμισῶνmisōn
hate
To feel deep aversion toward someone or something and want it away.
Where else “misōn” appears- his brotherἀδελφὸνadelphon
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphon” appears- isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a murdererἀνθρωποκτόνοςanthrōpoktonos
murderer
Murderer, killer of people.
Where else “anthrōpoktonos” appears- you knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- eternalαἰώνιονaiōnion
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears- remainingμένουσανmenousan
remain
To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
Where else “menousan” appears
The context
14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death.
15 · This verse (above)
16By this we have come to know love: that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
To study 1 John 3 in a group
1. What it says
What does verse 1 say the Father has given us, and what does it say we will be when he appears (v. 1-2)?
2. What it means
John says not to love "in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth" (v. 18). What does that contrast show?
3. How I live it
What concrete act of love could you do today for someone in need (v. 17-18)?