1 John 4:20
If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God, whom he seeth not?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us.
21And this commandment we have from God, that he, who loveth God, love also his brother.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:8Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now, though you see him not, you believe: and believing shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;
1 John 2:4He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:11But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth; because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
1 John 4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity 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 →