Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.
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.
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.
Williams New Testament
This is the command that we get from Him, that whoever loves God loves his brother too.
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
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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 any man 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? 21 And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.
Phrases
Cross References
1 John 3:11
Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other.
Leviticus 19:18
Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.
Matthew 22:37-39
And Jesus said to him, Thou shall love Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
Matthew 5:43
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
Mark 12:29-33
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, thou Israel, Lord our God is one Lord,
Luke 10:37
And he said, He who did mercy with him. Therefore Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou likewise.
John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.
John 15:12
This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.
Romans 12:9-10
Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,
Romans 13:9-10
For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in the, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
But about brotherly love ye have no need to write to you, for ye yourselves are taught by God in order to love each other.
1 Peter 3:8
And finally, all be like-minded, sympathetic, brother-loving, compassionate, friendly,
1 Peter 4:8
And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who is not loving the brother abides in death.
1 John 3:18
My Little children, we should not love in word, nor with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:23
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other, just as he gave command.
1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other.