1Jn 4:20
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?
King James Version
✦ Tap any word with a dotted underline to see its original language study
Connections · 33
Parallel · 33
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels {of compassion} from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see {him} not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
By this shall all {men} know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. {is born: Gr. has been born}
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. {Raca: that is, Vain fellow}
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels {of compassion} from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared {him}.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Let brotherly love continue.
{Be} kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; {with...: or, in the love of the brethren}
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done {it} unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done {it} unto me.
And though I have {the gift of} prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {his} brother abideth in death.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, {see that ye} love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. {is born: Gr. has been born}
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we {be} brethren. {brethren: Heb. men brethren}
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: