1 John 4:20

And if any one shall say, I love God, and yet hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother who is visible, how can he love God who is invisible?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

19Let us, therefore, love God; because he hath first loved us.

21And this command we have received from him, that whoever loveth God, must love also his brother.

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Cross References

1 Peter 1:8whom having not seen, ye love; and in the faith of whom ye rejoice, with joy that is glorious and ineffable,

1 John 2:4For he that saith, I know him, and doth not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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

1 John 4:12No one hath ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected 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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