1 John 4:21 - The Scriptures 1998

²¹ And we have this command from Him, that the one loving Elohim should love his brother too.

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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

‘Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am יהוה.

Matthew 5:43

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

Luke 10:37

And he said, “He who showed compassion on him.” Then יהושע  said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

John 15:12

“This is My command, that you love one another, as I have loved you.

Galatians 5:14

For the entire Torah is completed in one word, in this, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”

Galatians 5:6

For in Messiah יהושע  neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but belief working through love.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

And it is not necessary to write to you about brotherly love, for you yourselves are taught by Elohim to love one another,

1 Peter 3:8

To sum up, let all of you be like-minded, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble-minded,

1 Peter 4:8

And above all have fervent love for one another, because love covers a great number of sins.

1 John 2:7

Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.

1 John 3:11

Because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. The one not loving his brother stays in death.

1 John 3:18

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

1 John 3:23

And this is His command, that we should believe in the Name of His Son יהושע  Messiah and love one another, as He gave us command.

1 John 4:11

Beloved ones, if Elohim so loved us, we also ought to love one another.