We know] We do not onely hope for it for hereafter, but know it now, chap. 5. 13. that we have passed] Already, and are in the state of grace and life. from death unto life] Out of the state of nature, which leads to hell, into the state of grace, which tends to heaven, John 5:24. Chap. 4. 7. because we love the brethren] This is not the cause of our passing from death to life; but the cause of our knowledge thereof, or the mark whereby we know it; as Luke 7:47.