1 John 4:21
And we have this command from God. HE WHO LOVES GOD IS TO LOVE HIS BROTHER ALSO.
Montgomery New Testament
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 12:29Jesus replied. "The first is. "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;
John 13:34I give you a new commandment, Love one another!
Romans 12:9Let love be without insincerity. Abhor what is evil; wed yourselves to what is good.
Galatians 5:6because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.
1 Thessalonians 4:9It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been 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 →