1Jn 3:14. Μεταβεβήκαμεν, we have passed) We had therefore been in death.-ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου, from death) spiritual.-εἰς τὴν ζωὴν, into life) spiritual, and also eternal: in the following verse. The language again is reciprocal: we are in life, and life is in us; 1Jn 3:15.-ὅτι, because) A judgment [a criterion drawn] from the effect.-μένει, abides) is as yet.