Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And, this commandment, have we from him, - that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.
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.
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
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 one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love! 21 And, this commandment, have we from him, - that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.
Phrases
Cross References
1 John 3:11
Because, this, is the message which ye have heard from the beginning - that we should be loving one another, -
Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not take vengeance neither shalt thou cherish anger against the sons of thy people, So shalt thou love thy neighbour as thyself, - I, am Yahweh.
Matthew 22:37-39
And, he, said unto him - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God - with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind:
Matthew 5:43
Ye have heard, that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Mark 12:29-33
Jesus answered - The chief is: Hear! O Israel, - The Lord our God, is, one Lord;
Luke 10:37
And, he, said - He who dealt mercifully with him. And Jesus said unto him - Be taking thy journey, and, thou, be doing, in like manner.
John 13:34-35
A new commandment, give I unto you, - That ye be loving one another: Just as I loved you, that, ye also, be loving one another:
John 15:12
This, is my own commandment, That ye be loving one another, just as I loved you.
Romans 12:9-10
Your love, be without hypocrisy, - loathing that which is wicked, cleaving to that which is good;
Romans 13:9-10
For, this - Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not commit murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not covet, and if there is any different commandment, in this word, is summed up, namely- Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Galatians 5:6
For, in Christ Jesus, neither, circumcision, availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith, through love, energising.
Galatians 5:14
For, the whole law, in one word, is summed up - namely in this, - Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
But, concerning brotherly love - no need, have ye, that we be writing unto you; for, ye yourselves, are, God-taught, to the loving of one another; -
1 Peter 3:8
And, finally, all, being of one mind, having fellow - feeling, attached to the brethren, of tender affection, of lowly mind:
1 Peter 4:8
Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of sins;
1 John 3:14
We, know, that we have passed over out of death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not, abideth in death.
1 John 3:18
Dear children! Let us not be loving in word, nor yet with the tongue, but in deed and truth.
1 John 3:23
And, this, is his commandment, - that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and be loving one another - just as he gave a commandment unto us.
1 John 4:11
Beloved! If, in this way, God, loved us, we also, ought to love, one another.