1 John 4:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

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    21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

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    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

  • 1 John 3:10-18
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    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

    11For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

    12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

    13Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

    14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

    15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

    16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

    17But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

    18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

    10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

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

  • 1 John 4:16-19
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    16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

    17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

    19We love, because he first loved us.

  • 1 John 2:4-6
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    4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

    5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

    6he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

    2Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

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    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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    35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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    9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

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    11Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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    42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

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    3but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

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    10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

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    11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

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    17These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

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    23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.

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    12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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    11Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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    24He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

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    7and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.

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    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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    23If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

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    16If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and [God] will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.