1 John 4:21
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
World Messianic Bible
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 5:43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
Mark 12:29Yeshua answered, “The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
Romans 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
Galatians 5:6For in Messiah Yeshua neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God 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 →