1 John 4:20-21

Keeping Gods Commands

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20} If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother,^(A) he is a liar.^(B) For the person who does not love his brother^(C) he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen.^(a) ^{Tools
21} And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother.

Footnotes:

a. 1 John 4:20: Other mss read has seen, how is he able to love . . . seen? (as a question)

Cross references:

A. 1 John 4:20: 1 John 2:9; 1 John 2:11; 1 John 3:15

B. 1 John 4:20: 1 John 1:10

C. 1 John 4:20: 1 John 2:10; 1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:14-17