1 John 4:20

A Conservative Version

If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

Cross References

1 John 3:17

But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

1 John 2:9

He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

1 John 4:12

No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.

1 John 2:4

He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.

1 John 2:11

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 Peter 1:8

Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

1 John 1:6

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

John 13:35

By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other.

1 John 1:8

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