1 John 4:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And this command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him: that he who loves God shall love his brother [believer] also.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

Common English Bible

²¹ This commandment we have from him: Those who claim to love God ought to love their brother and sister also.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.

1 John 4:21 Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

1 John 3:11

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

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

Galatians 5:14

For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

John 15:12

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

1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love abides in death.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Luke 10:37

He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

1 John 4:11

Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

1 John 3:18

Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.

Matthew 5:43

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

1 John 2:7

Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word that you have heard.