# his brother

"a fellow believer"

# life

The word "life" throughout this letter refers to more than physical life. Here "life" refers to being alive spiritually. See how you translated this in [1 John 1:1](../01/01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# death

This refers to eternal death, that is, eternity spent away from God's presence.