1 John 4:21
This is the command he gave to us: those who love God love their brothers and sisters too.
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In The King James Version
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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Cross References
Matthew 5:43You've heard that the law said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
Mark 12:29Jesus replied, “The first commandment is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one.
John 13:34I am giving you a new command: Love one another. Love one another in the same way I have loved you.
Romans 12:9Love must be genuine. Hate what is evil; hold on tightly to what is good.
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus being circumcised or uncircumcised doesn't achieve anything; it's only trust working through love that matters.
1 Thessalonians 4:9We certainly don't need to write and tell you to love fellow-believers, because God teaches you to love one another—
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 →