Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
This is the command that we get from him, that whoever loves God must 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.
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
Interlinear
Houtos
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 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 must love his brother also.
Phrases
Cross References
1 John 3:11
For the message you have heard from the beginning is this: We must love one another.
Matthew 22:37-39
And he said to 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 they were told, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
Mark 12:29-33
Jesus answered, "The first one is, 'Hear, Israel! The Lord our God is one lord,
Luke 10:37
He said, "The man who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Go and do so yourself!"
John 13:34-35
I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must love one another.
John 15:12
The command that I give you is to love one another just as I have loved you.
Romans 12:9-10
Your love must be genuine. You must hate what is wrong, and hold 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 covet," and any other commandments there are, are all summed up in one saying, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."
Galatians 5:6
For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through 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
You do not need to have anyone write to you about brotherly love, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest,
1 Peter 4:8
Above all keep your love for one another strong, because love covers up a host of sins.
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love is still in death.
1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.
1 John 3:23
His command is this??hat we are to believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us to do.
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, if God has loved us so, we ought to love one another.