1Sa 18:1-3, Psa 16:3, Joh 15:17-19, 1Jo 3:12-14 | ESV | STEP | As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul , the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David , and Jonathan loved him as his own soul .

a ch. 20:17; Deut. 13:6; [ch. 19:2; 2 Sam. 1:26]

b[ch. 17:15]

c[See ver. 1 above]

d[Ex. 19:6; Deut. 7:6; 1 Pet. 2:9]

f ver. 12

g ch. 7:7; 1 John 3:13; [ver. 23, 24]

h[1 John 4:5]

i ch. 17:14, 16; [Luke 6:26; Gal. 1:4; James 4:4]

j Gen. 4:4, 8; Heb. 11:4; Jude 11

k Ps. 38:20; Prov. 29:10

m John 15:18; 17:14

n John 5:24

1 Samuel 18:1-3

David and Jonathan’s Friendship

1 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan ^aloved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day ^band would not let him return to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because ^che loved him as his own soul.

Psalms 16:3

3 As for ^dthe saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight. ^{▼▼Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:}

John 15:17-19

17 These things I command you, ^fso that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

18 ^g“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 ^hIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ⁱyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

1 John 3:12-14

12 We should not be like ^jCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^kBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verses 14, 16} ^mthat the world hates you. 14 We know that ⁿwe have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.