We can be spiritually related while failing to be in daily fellowship. The same thing can happen to those who are related to God and to one another through Jesus Christ. Children are often estranged from parents, so that while they are still related, they never gather together to enjoy each other’s company. You can be related to someone while not having any fellowship with them. Note that fellowship is not the same thing as a relationship (see Fellowship).
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With this as his primary theme, John provides instructions throughout his letter about how to have fellowship with God and with one another. The first letter of John is written so that the readers may live a life of fellowship with God and with one another (1 John 1:3). To understand 1 John 3:14, it is first of all important to understand why 1 John was written.
So what is the meaning of 1 John 3:14? The Theme of Fellowship in 1 John
If eternal life is also earned by making sure we love other people, then eternal life is partially earned by good works, and is no longer by grace alone through faith alone. If so, then how can eternal life be received “by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone”? Is John saying that in order to receive eternal life, you need to love other Christians? Lots of other pastors and Bible scholars teach 1 John 3:14 in just this way, but is that really what John meant? He who does not love his brother abides in death. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren.
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