1 John 4:21
And this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:43You heard that it was said: You will love your neighbor, and will hate your enemy;
Mark 12:29And Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commands—Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD is one;
John 13:34A new command I give to you, that you love one another; according as I loved you, that you also love one another;
Romans 12:9The love unhypocritical: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
Galatians 5:6for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
1 Thessalonians 4:9And concerning the brotherly love, you have no need of [my] writing to you, for you yourselves are God-taught 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 →