Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
And we have this command from God: HE WHO LOVES GOD IS TO 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.
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
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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 any one says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has not seen. 21 And we have this command from God: HE WHO LOVES GOD IS TO LOVE HIS BROTHER ALSO.
Phrases
Cross References
1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have listened to from the beginning, "WE ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
Matthew 22:37-39
Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew 5:43
"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
Mark 12:29-33
Jesus replied. "The first is. 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;
Luke 10:37
He replied, "The one who showed mercy on him." "Go, then," said Jesus, "and do likewise."
John 13:34-35
I give you a new commandment, Love one another!
John 15:12
"This is my command, Love one another as I have loved you.
Romans 12:9-10
Let love be without insincerity. Abhor what is evil; wed yourselves to what is good.
Romans 13:9-10
For the Law which says, 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 whatever other commandment there be??s all summed up in this one saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Galatians 5:6
because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole Law has been fulfilled in this one precept, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;
1 Peter 4:8
Above everything have fervent love to one another; for love veils a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:14
We know that we have migrated, out of death into life, because we love our brothers. He who has no love is abiding in death.
1 John 3:18
My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:23
His commandment is this, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do.
1 John 4:11
If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another.