1Jo 3:14 | RWP | e4.org | We know ( ημεις οιδαμεν ). Emphatic expression of ημεις (we) in contrast to the unregenerate world, the Christian consciousness shared by writer and readers. We have passed ( μεταβεβηκαμεν ). Perfect active indicative of μεταβαινω , old compound to pass over from one place to another ( ), to migrate, out of death into life. We have already done it while here on earth. Because ( οτ ). Proof of this transition, not the ground of it. We love the brethren ( αγαπωμεν τους αδελφους ). Just this phrase (plural) here alone, but see for the singular. He that loveth not ( ο μη αγαπων ). "The not loving man," general picture and picture of spiritual death.

‏ 1 John 3:14

We know ( ημεις οιδαμεν ). Emphatic expression of ημεις (we) in contrast to the unregenerate world, the Christian consciousness shared by writer and readers.

We have passed ( μεταβεβηκαμεν ). Perfect active indicative of μεταβαινω, old compound to pass over from one place to another (Joh 7:3), to migrate, out of death into life. We have already done it while here on earth.

Because ( οτ ). Proof of this transition, not the ground of it.

We love the brethren ( αγαπωμεν τους αδελφους ). Just this phrase (plural) here alone, but see 2:9 for the singular.

He that loveth not ( ο μη αγαπων ). "The not loving man," general picture and picture of spiritual death.