1 John 3:15 Douay-Rheims

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.

Clement of Alexandria

c. A.D. 150–215 Patristic

And if we owe our lives to the brethren, and have made such a mutual compact with the Saviour, why should we any more hoard and shut up worldly goods, which are beggarly, foreign to us and transitory? Shall we shut up from each other what after a little shall be the property of the fire? Divinely and weightily John says, "He that loveth not his brother is a murderer," the seed of Cain, a nursling of the devil. He has not God's compassion. He has no hope of better things. He is sterile; he is barren; he is not a branch of the ever-living supercelestial vine. He is cut off; he waits the perpetual fire.

Source details
A.D. 215 · on 1John 3:15 (Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?)

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

Read 1 John 3:15 in context →