“Whosoever keeps on hating his brother, is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him…. And whatsoever we ask, we receive from Him — because we continue to keep His Commandments and keep on doing those things that are pleasing in His sight…. And he who continues to keep His Commandments — keeps on dwelling in Him; and He [viz. God through His Holy Spirit Who indwells believers] keeps on dwelling in him.”5567
Comments Calvin: “Iniquity or transgression of the Law cannot be overlooked so easily…. He simply wants to teach us that sin comes from contempt of God, and that by sinning the righteousness of the Law is violated…. The perverse life of those who indulge themselves in the licence of sinning, is hateful to God and is unendurable to Him — because it is against His Law….
