1 John 4:21

God's Love Revealed

²⁰ If a man says 'I love God,' and yet hates his Brother, he is a liar; for the man who does not love his Brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. ²¹ Indeed, we have this Command from God-- 'He who loves God must also love his Brother.'

From God

1 John 3:11

For these are the Tidings that we heard from the first--that we are to love one another.

Matthew 22:37-39

His answer was: "'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--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thy enemy.'

Mark 12:29-33

"The first," answered Jesus, "is--'Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is the one Lord;

Luke 10:37

"The one that took pity on him," was the answer; on which Jesus said: "Go and do the same yourself."

John 13:34-35

I give you a new commandment--Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.

John 15:12

This is my command--Love one another, as I have loved you.

Romans 12:9-10

Let your love be sincere. Hate the wrong; cling to the right.

Romans 13:9-10

The commandments, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet,' and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'

Galatians 5:6

If a man is in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.

Galatians 5:14

Indeed, the whole Law has been summed up in this one precept- -'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'

1 Thessalonians 4:9

As to love for the Brethren there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;

1 Peter 3:8

Lastly, you should all be united, sympathetic, full of brotherly love, kind-hearted, humble-minded;

1 Peter 4:8

Above all things, let your love for one another be earnest, for 'Love throws a veil over countless sins.'

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed out of Death into Life, because we love our Brothers. The man who does not love remains in a state of Death.

1 John 3:18

My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.

1 John 3:23

His Command is this--that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, since God loved us thus, we, surely, ought to love one another.