1 John 4:20

But if one shall say, I love Aloha, and his brother he hateth, he is a liar. For he who his brother whom he hath seen loveth not, how can he love Aloha himself whom he hath not seen?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

19We then will love Aloha, because he hath first loved us.

21And this commandment we have received from him, That every one who loveth Aloha shall love also his brother.

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Cross References

1 Peter 1:8whom you have not seen and (yet) love, and in whose faith you exult with glorious joy that is not spoken:

1 John 2:4For he who saith that he knoweth him, and his commandments keepeth not, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 2:11He who hateth his brother is in darkness, and in the darkness walketh, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness itself hath blinded his eyes.

1 John 4:12Aloha no man hath seen but if we love one another, Aloha in us abideth, and his love is fulfilled 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 →

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