1 John 4:21
19 We love because He first loved us.
20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
- KJV
- And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
- WEB
- This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
- ASV
- And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
- DARBY
- And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.
- BLB
- And this commandment we have from Him, that the one loving God should love his brother also.
- ÅB
- Og dette bud har vi fra ham at den som elsker Gud, skal og elske sin bror.
- OTB
- Og dette er budet vi har fra Ham: at den som elsker Gud, også må elske sin bror og søster.
- B1930
- Og dette bud har vi fra ham at den som elsker Gud, skal og elske sin bror.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 22:37–39
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Read in contextLeviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Read in context1 John 3:11
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
Read in contextGalatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Read in context1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
Read in contextJohn 15:12
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Read in contextJohn 13:34–35
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
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