1 John 4:20
If any one say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
19We love, because he first loved us.
21And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God love also his brother.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:8whom having not seen ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;
1 John 2:4He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:11But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness blinded his eyes.
1 John 4:12No man has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and the love of him 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 →