1 John 4:21

God's Love Revealed

²⁰ If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For if he 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, that he who loves God should love his brother also.

From God

1 John 3:11

For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Jehovah.

Matthew 22:37-39

Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

Matthew 5:43

You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."

Mark 12:29-33

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;

Luke 10:37

And he said, The one doing the deed of mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.

John 13:34-35

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. As I have loved you, you should also love one another.

John 15:12

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Romans 12:9-10

Let love be without hypocrisy, shrinking from evil, cleaving to good;

Romans 13:9-10

For: "Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; do not lust;" and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but faith working through love.

Galatians 5:14

For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

1 Thessalonians 4:9

But regarding brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

1 Peter 3:8

And finally, all be of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly.

1 Peter 4:8

And above all things have fervent love to yourselves, for love will cover a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

1 John 3:18

My children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

1 John 3:23

And this is His commandment, that we should believe on 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.