1 John 4:21

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But 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;
  • Matt 22:37-39 : 37 And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second like [unto it] is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
  • Mark 12:29-33 : 29 Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: 30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. 31 The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he: 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
  • Luke 10:37 : 37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
  • John 15:12 : 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
  • Rom 12:9-9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
  • Rom 13:9-9 : 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 And 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.
  • 1 John 4:11 : 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:

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    19 We love, 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

  • 1 John 4:7-13
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    7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

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

    9 Herein 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.

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

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

    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:

    13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

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    10 In 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.

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

    12 not 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.

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

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

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

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

    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?

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

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    23 And 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.

    24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

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

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

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

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

    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 4:16-17
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    16 And 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.

    17 Herein 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.

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

  • John 15:12
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    12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

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    9 But 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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    34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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

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    5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

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    1 Let love of the brethren continue.

  • 1 John 2:3-6
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    3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

    4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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

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

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

  • John 14:21
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    21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6 that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3 but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11 Speak 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.

  • Rom 13:10
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    10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

  • Rom 12:10
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    10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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    11 Beloved, 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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