1 John 3:14 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of Death into Life, because we love our Brothers. The man who does not love remains in a state of Death.

⁴⁰ And the King will reply 'I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my Brothers, however lowly, you did it to me.'

²⁴ For here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.' So they began making merry.

³² We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.'"

²⁴ In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

³⁵ It is by this that every one will recognize you as my disciples--by your loving one another."

¹² This is my command--Love one another, as I have loved you.

¹⁷ I am giving you these commands that you may love one another.

¹ For we know that if our tent--that earthly body which is now our home--is taken down, we have a house of God's building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, in Heaven.

²² But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

¹⁵ And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ's People,

¹ You yourselves were once dead because of your offenses and sins.

⁵ Even though we were 'dead' because of our offenses, gave Life to us in giving Life to the Christ. (By God's loving-kindness you have been saved.)

⁴ Now that we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all his People,

⁹ As to love for the Brethren there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;

¹⁰ For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians--as you are still doing. ¹¹ But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end.

¹ Let your love for the Brethren continue. :24 Give our greeting to all your Leaders, and to all Christ's People. Our friends from Italy send their greetings to you.

²² Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;

⁸ Lastly, you should all be united, sympathetic, full of brotherly love, kind-hearted, humble-minded;

⁷ piety by brotherly affection, and brotherly affection by love.

³ And by this we know that we have learned to know him--by our laying his commands to heart.

⁹ He who says that he is in the Light, and yet hates his Brother, is in the Darkness even now. ¹⁰ He who loves his Brother is always in the Light, and there is nothing within him to cause him to stumble; ¹¹ while he who hates his Brother is in the Darkness, and is living in the Darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the Darkness prevents his seeing.

²³ His Command is this--that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another, because Love comes from God; and every one who loves has received the new Life from God and knows God. ⁸ He who does not love has not learned to know God; for God is Love.

¹² No human eyes have ever seen God, yet, if we love one another, God remains in union with us, and his love attains its perfection in us.

²⁰ If a man says 'I love God,' and yet hates his Brother, he is a liar; for the man who does not love his Brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. ²¹ Indeed, we have this Command from God-- 'He who loves God must also love his Brother.'

² By this we know that we love God's Children--when we love God and carry out his commands.

¹³ I write this to you, that you may realize that you have found Immortal Life--you who believe in the Name of the Son of God.

¹⁹ We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the Evil One. ²⁰ We realize, too, that the Son of God has come among us, and has given us the discernment to know the True God; and we are in union with the True God by our union with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the True God and he is Immortal Life.