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1 John 3:12-14
1599 Geneva Bible
1 John 3:12-14
1599 Geneva Bible
12 [a]Not as (A)[b]Cain which was of that wicked one, and slew his brother: [c]and wherefore slew he him? because his own works were evil, and his brother’s good.
13 Marvel not my brethren, though this world hate you.
14 [d]We know that we are [e]translated from death unto life, because we love the brethren: (B)he that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.
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- 1 John 3:12 An amplification, taken of the contrary example of Cain, which slew his brother.
- 1 John 3:12 He bringeth forth a very fit and very old example, wherein we may behold both the nature of the sons of God, and of the sons of the devil, and what state and condition remaineth for us in this world: and what shall be the end of both at length.
- 1 John 3:12 A short digression: Let us not marvel that we are hated by the world for doing our duty, for such was the condition of Abel who was a just person: and who would not rather be like him than Cain?
- 1 John 3:14 The second reason: Because charity is a testimony that we are translated from death to life: and therefore hatred towards the brethren is a testimony of death, and whosoever nourished it, doth as it were foster death in his bosom.
- 1 John 3:14 Love is a token that we are translated from death to life, for as such as by the effects the cause is known.
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV) 
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