433 B
433 B
Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer
John speaks of a person who hates another believer as if he were a murderer. Alternate translation: "Whoever hates another believer is as guilty as someone who kills a person"
no murderer has eternal life residing in him
Here eternal life is spoken of as if it were a person that could live in someone. Alternate translation: "a murderer does not have the power of spiritual life"