Verse 20

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 3:17 : 17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
• 1 John 4:12 : 12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:
• 1 John 2:4 : 4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
• 1 John 2:9 : 9 He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.
• 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.
• 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory: