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1Jo 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

We know		1Jo 2:3; 1Jo 5:2,13,19,20; 2Cr 5:1
we have		Luk 15:24,32; Jhn 5:24; Eph 2:1,5
because		1Jo 2:10; 1Jo 3:23; 1Jo 4:7,8,12,21; 1Jo 5:2; Psa 16:3; Mat 25:40; Jhn 13:35; Jhn 15:12,17; Gal 5:22; Eph 1:15; Col 1:4; 1Th 4:9; Hbr 6:10,11; Hbr 13:1; 1Pe 1:22; 1Pe 3:8; 2Pe 1:7
that loveth		1Jo 2:9,11; 1Jo 4:20; Pro 21:16

Correlating Passages

We know

	1Jo 2:3	And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
	1Jo 5:2	By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
	1Jo 5:13	These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
	1Jo 5:19	[And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
	1Jo 5:20	And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
	2Cr 5:1	For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

we have

	Luk 15:24	For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
	Luk 15:32	It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
	Jhn 5:24	Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
	Eph 2:1	And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;
	Eph 2:5	Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

because

	1Jo 2:10	He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
	1Jo 3:23	And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
	1Jo 4:7	Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
	1Jo 4:8	He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
	1Jo 4:12	No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
	1Jo 4:21	And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
	1Jo 5:2	By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
	Psa 16:3	[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.
	Mat 25:40	And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
	Jhn 13:35	By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
	Jhn 15:12	This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
	Jhn 15:17	These things I command you, that ye love one another.
	Gal 5:22	But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
	Eph 1:15	Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
	Col 1:4	Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love [which ye have] to all the saints,
	1Th 4:9	But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
	Hbr 6:10	For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
	Hbr 6:11	And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
	Hbr 13:1	Let brotherly love continue.
	1Pe 1:22	Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
	1Pe 3:8	Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:
	2Pe 1:7	And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

that loveth

	1Jo 2:9	He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
	1Jo 2:11	But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
	1Jo 4:20	If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
	Pro 21:16	The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 John 3:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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