# his brother

"fellow believer"

# life

Here "life" stands for the right to live forever by God's grace and love. See how you translated this in [1 John 1:1-2](../01/01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# death

This refers to eternal death, that is, eternity spent away from God's presence.

