1 John 4:20
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?
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- 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:
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21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.
- 1 John 4:7-126 verses80%
7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
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 3:10-189 verses80%
10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;
12 Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.
13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.
14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
15 Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.
16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
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?
18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
- 1 John 2:9-113 verses80%
9 He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.
10 He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
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.
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16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.
- 1 John 2:4-63 verses76%
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:
5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:
6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
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22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
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15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- 1 John 5:1-22 verses71%
1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.
2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.
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10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
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35 By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
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9 But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
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11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.
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42 But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.
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3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.
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10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.
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11 Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.
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17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
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23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.
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12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.
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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:
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11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
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24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
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7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
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23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
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23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,
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8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
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17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.
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16 If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.