1 John 4:20
If a man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
19We love, because he first loved us.
21And this commandment we have from him, That he who loves God must also love his brother.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and though you do not see him now, yet you believe in him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy:
1 John 2:4He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:11But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 4:12No man has seen God at any time, but if we love one another, God abides 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 →