1 John 4:20
If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see?
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In The King James Version
In Context
19Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us.
21And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:8For though you have not seen him, you love him. In him also, though you do not see him, you now believe. And in believing, you shall exult with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
1 John 2:4Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness, and in darkness he walks, and he does not know where he is going. For the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:18-21
The Divine Love. ( a. d. 80.) 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 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? 21 And this… Read the whole commentary →