Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
This is the command that we get from Him, that whoever loves God loves his brother too.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Holman Bible
And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother.
International Standard Version
And this is the commandment that we have from him: the person who loves God must also love his brother.
A Conservative Version
And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.
American Standard Version
And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Amplified
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him.
An Understandable Version
And this is the [greatest] commandment [See Matt. 2:37-38] we have received from Him: [It requires] that the person who [claims to] love God should also love his brother.
Anderson New Testament
And this commandment we have from him: That he that loves God, must love his brother also.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
And this commandment we have from him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
Daniel Mace New Testament
besides, 'tis a commandment we have receiv'd from him, that he who would love God, must love his brother also.
Darby Translation
And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Moreover, this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God, loves his brother, also.
Godbey New Testament
And we have this precept from him, that the one loving God with divine love also loves his brother with divine love.
Goodspeed New Testament
This is the command that we get from him, that whoever loves God must love his brother also.
John Wesley New Testament
And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God, love his brother also.
Julia Smith Translation
And this command have we from him, That he loving God love his brother also.
King James 2000
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And this [is] the commandment we have from him: that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
Modern King James verseion
And we have this commandment from Him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And this commandment have we of him: that he which loveth God, should love his brother also.
Moffatt New Testament
And we get this command from him, that he who loves God is to love his brother as well.
Montgomery New Testament
And we have this command from God: HE WHO LOVES GOD IS TO LOVE HIS BROTHER ALSO.
NET Bible
And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.
New Heart English Bible
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
Noyes New Testament
And this commandment we have from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.
Sawyer New Testament
And we have this commandment from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
The Emphasized Bible
And, this commandment, have we from him, - that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Indeed, we have this Command from God-- 'He who loves God must also love his Brother.'
Webster
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God, love his brother also.
Weymouth New Testament
And the command which we have from Him is that he who loves God must love his brother man also.
World English Bible
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
Worrell New Testament
And this commandment we have from Him, that he who loves God loves his brother also.
Worsley New Testament
And we have this commandment from Him, that he, who loveth God, should love his brother also.
Youngs Literal Translation
and this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
Themes
Battle of Life » Promises of ultimate triumph » Rewards bestowed upon those who overcome
Brotherly love » General references to
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 4:21
Prayers for 1 John 4:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love Revealed
20 If anyone says, "I love God," and yet habitually hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 This is the command that we get from Him, that whoever loves God loves his brother too.
Phrases
Cross References
1 John 3:11
it is so because the message that you have heard from the beginning is this: We should love one another.
Matthew 22:37-39
And He answered him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'
Matthew 5:43
"You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
Mark 12:29-33
Jesus answered, "The first one is, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,
Luke 10:37
He said, "The one who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Go and practice it yourself."
John 13:34-35
I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.
John 15:12
This is my command to you, to keep on loving one another as I have loved you.
Romans 12:9-10
Your love must be true. You must always turn in horror from what is wrong, but keep on holding to what is right.
Romans 13:9-10
For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not have an evil desire," and any other commandment if there is any, are summed up in this command, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."
Galatians 5:6
For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole law is summed up in one saying, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."
1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now as to brotherly love, you have no need of anyone's writing you, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, you must all live in harmony, be sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,
1 Peter 4:8
Above everything else keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers up a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Whoever does not continue to love continues still in death.
1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us stop loving with words or lips alone, but let us love with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:23
His command is this, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and practice loving one another, just as He commanded us to do.
1 John 4:11
Dearly beloved, if God has loved us so, we ought to love one another too.