By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.’
1 John 4:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and yet hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother or sister whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates) his brother [in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen. American Standard Version (1901) If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. Common English Bible Those who say, “I love God” and hate their brothers or sisters are liars. After all, those who don’t love their brothers or sisters whom they have seen can hardly love God whom they have not seen! Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God, whom he seeth not? |
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.’
Though you have not seen him, you love him; though not seeing him now, you believe in him, and you rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy,
If we say, ‘We have fellowship with him,’ and yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practising the truth.
If we say, ‘We have no sin,’ we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
The one who says, ‘I have come to know him,’ and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.
If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him #– #how does God’s love reside in him?
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and his love is made complete in us.