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14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love1 his brother abides in death.  
15 aWhoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that bno murderer has eternal life abiding in him.  

The Outworking of Love

16 aBy this we know love, bbecause He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.  
17 But awhoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?  
18 My little children, alet us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.  
19 And by this we1 know athat we are of the truth, and shall2 assure our hearts before Him.  
20 aFor if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.  
21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, awe have confidence toward God.  
22 And awhatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments band do those things that are pleasing in His sight.  
23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ aand love one another, as He gave1 us commandment.  

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

24 Now ahe who keeps His commandments babides in Him, and He in him. And cby this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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1 John 3:16

Hereby perceive we the love of God - This sixteenth verse of this third chapter of John' s first epistle is, in the main, an exact counterpart of the sixteenth verse of the third chapter of St. John' s gospel: God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, etc. Here the apostle says, We perceive, , we have known, the love of God, because he laid down his life for us. Of God is not in the text, but it is preserved in one MS., and in two or three of the versions; but though this does not establish its authenticity, yet , of God, is necessarily understood, or , of Christ, as Erpen' s Arabic has it; or ̔ , his love to us, as is found in the Syriac. A higher proof than this of his love Christ could not have possibly given to the children of men.

We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren - We should risk our life to save the lives of others; and we should be ready to lay down our lives to redeem their souls when this may appear to be a means of leading them to God.


 
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