1 John 4:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

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  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
  • Matt 22:37-39 : 37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  • Mark 12:29-33 : 29 Jesus answered him, 'The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. 32 So the scribe said to him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
  • Luke 10:37 : 37 And he said, He who showed mercy on him. Then Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
  • John 15:12 : 12 This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.
  • Rom 12:9-9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cling to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love; in honor giving preference to one another;
  • Rom 13:9-9 : 9 For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love will cover a multitude of sins.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in 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, 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 You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

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  • 1 John 4:19-20
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    19 We love Him because He first loved us.

    20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

  • 1 John 4:7-13
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    7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

    9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

    10 In this 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 one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 1 John 3:10-18
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    10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

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

    12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

    13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

    14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

    15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

    16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

    17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in 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, as he gave us commandment.

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    1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

    2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

    3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.

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    9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.

    10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

    11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17 In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

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

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    12 This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.

  • 1 Thess 4:9
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    9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

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  • 2 John 1:5-6
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    1 Let brotherly love continue.

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

    4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

    5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

    6 He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

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    7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.

  • John 14:21
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    21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

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    3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

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  • Rom 12:10
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    10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love; in honor giving preference to one another;

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11 Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.