1 John 4:21

God's Love Revealed

²⁰ If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen. ²¹ And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother.

From God

1 John 3:11

For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another,

Leviticus 19:18

Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

Matthew 22:37-39

He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

Matthew 5:43

“You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.

Mark 12:29-33

“This is the most important,” Jesus answered:

Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Luke 10:37

“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said.

Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”

John 13:34-35

“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another.

John 15:12

This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you.

Romans 12:9-10

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

Romans 13:9-10

The commandments:

Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not covet;

and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.

Galatians 5:14

For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

1 Peter 3:8

Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

1 John 3:18

Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.

1 John 3:23

Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.