1 John 4:20

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If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.

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  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

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  • 1 John 4:21
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    21And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.

  • 1 John 4:7-12
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    7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

    8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

    9By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

    10In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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

    12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

  • 1 John 3:10-18
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    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

    11For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.

    12Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

    13Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

    14We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

    15Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.

    16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

    17But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.

    10Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling.

    11But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

  • 1 John 4:16-19
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    16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.

    17In this, love has been made complete with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been made perfect in love.

    19We love because He first loved us.

  • 1 John 2:4-6
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    4Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.

    5But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

    6Whoever says they abide in Him must also walk as He walked.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.

    2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

  • John 13:35
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    35'By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.'

  • 1 Thess 4:9
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    9Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

  • John 5:42
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    42But I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if anyone loves God, they are known by Him.

  • 1 John 5:10
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    10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within them. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about His Son.

  • 2 Cor 11:11
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    11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

  • John 15:17
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    17This is my command: Love one another.

  • 1 John 3:23
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    23Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us.

  • John 15:12
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    12This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you.

  • 1 John 1:6
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    6If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

  • John 14:24
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    24The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word you hear is not my own but belongs to the Father who sent me.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love.

  • John 15:23
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    23Whoever hates me also hates my Father.

  • Matt 5:23
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    23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

  • Lev 19:17
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    17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

  • 1 John 5:16
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    16If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin that does not lead to death, they should pray, and God will give life to them—those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying that one should pray about that.