ACC ~ 1 John 3 v15

ETERNAL LIFE ABIDING. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Christ lives in a believing mind. ADUMBRATIONS.

BROTHER A GENERIC TERM. AUGUSTINE: Whoever hates his brother is a murderer. But this text of Scripture does not apply to males only; it is equally valid for females. Any woman who has injured someone else must make amends as quickly as possible, and the injured sister must forgive without reserve. LETTERS 211.

KILLING YOURSELF WITH HATRED. AUGUSTINE: Whoever hates is a murderer. You may not have prepared any poison or committed a crime. You have only hated, and in doing so, you have killed yourself first of all. SERMONS 49.7.

ALL CHRISTIANS ARE BROTHERS. CAESARIUS OF ARLES: In this passage, every person should be regarded as a brother, for we are all brothers in Christ. SERMONS 219.2.

ALREADY AS A MURDERER. BEDE: If someone has failed to take fraternal hatred seriously, will he not also disregard murder in his heart? His hand does not move to kill anyone, but he is already regarded by God as a murderer. The victim is alive, but the slayer has already been judged a murderer. ON 1 JOHN.

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