1 John 4:20 - English Standard Version 2016

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

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King 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?

1 John 4:20 Cross References

John 13:35

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

1 John 2:9

Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

1 John 3:17

But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.