1 John 4:21
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Read in context1 John 3:11
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Read in contextGalatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Read in context1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:9
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Read in contextJohn 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Read in contextJohn 13:34–35
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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