Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Bible References

A man

1 John 2:4
The one saying, I have known him, and keeping not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
1 John 3:17
Whosoever may have the sustenance of the world, and see his brother having need, and shut up his sympathies from him, how dwells the divine love of God in him?

Not

1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another with divine love, God abides in us, and his divine love has been made perfect in us.

General references

Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments hang all the law, and the prophets.
Matthew 25:42
For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink:
John 13:35
in this shall all know that you are my disciples, if you may have divine love one with another.
John 14:15
If you love me, keep my commandments.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.