Parallel Verses

Thomas Haweis New Testament

So this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.

New American Standard Bible

And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

ἐντολή 
Entole 
Usage: 47

have we
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

ἀπό 
Apo 
from, of, out of, for, off, by, at, in, since 9, on, not tr., .
Usage: 490

him

Usage: 0

ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

he who loveth
G25
ἀγαπάω 
Agapao 
Usage: 92

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

G25
ἀγαπάω 
Agapao 
Usage: 92

his

Usage: 0

G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

Images 1 John 4:21

Context Readings

God's Love Revealed

20 If any person say, I love God, yet hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love the God whom he hath not seen? 21 So this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.

Cross References

1 John 3:11

For this is the commandment which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Matthew 22:37-39

Then Jesus said to 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 hath been said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy."

Mark 12:29-33

Then Jesus replied to him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel; the Lord thy God is one Lord:

Luke 10:37

And he said, He that shewed mercy towards him. Then said Jesus to him, Go, and do thou exactly the same.

John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 15:12

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you.

Romans 12:9-10

Let love be undissembled. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Romans 13:9-10

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is comprised in this word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith exerting its energy by love.

Galatians 5:14

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now concerning brotherly love, I have no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are divinely taught to love one another.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be all like-minded, sympathizing, loving fraternally, compassionate, friendly hearted,

1 Peter 4:8

But above all things have fervent love towards each other: for love will conceal a multitude of faults.

1 John 3:14

We know that we are passed out of [a state of] death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

1 John 3:18

My dear children, let us not love in word and in 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 one another, as he gave us commandment.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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