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We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn`t love his brother remains in death.
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Love: The Proof, Not the Price
Nearly all commentators emphasize that love for fellow believers is the evidence of salvation, not the cause. John Calvin clarifies that love is a "sure symbol of regeneration" because it is a fruit of the Spirit. Your salvation rests on God's grace alone; this love is a confirming sign that you have already "passed from death to life," not the action that earns it.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
We know that we have passed from death unto life. From spiritual death (see the notes on Ephesians 2:1) to spiritual life; that is, that w…
We know (ημεις οιδαμεν). Emphatic expression of ημεις (we) in contrast to the unregenerate world, the Christian consciousness shar…
19th Century
Anglican
BROTHERLY LOVE THE NECESSARY FLOWER OF THE DIVINE LOVE IN THE DIVINE BIRTH (1 John 3:11–18).—In 1 John 2:10, St. Joh…
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Baptist
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.
Love becomes the distinguishing mark of the new lif…
John looks back to v.10 and answers the question: How do we know those who have been “born of God”? or, Who are the children of God? “We know that …
16th Century
Protestant
We know. He commends love to us by a remarkable eulogy, because it is evidence of a transition from death to life. It therefore follows th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
We know that we have passed from death to life From a death in sin, a moral or spiritual death; which lies in a separation fro…
We should love the Lord Jesus, value his love, and therefore love all our brothers and sisters in Christ. This love is the special fruit of our fai…
