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1 John 4:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But if we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don't love the people we can see?

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If you love each other, everyone will know that you are my disciples.

You have never seen Jesus, and you don't see him now. But still you love him and have faith in him, and no words can tell how glad and happy

If we say that we share in life with God and keep on living in the dark, we are lying and are not living by the truth.

If we say that we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts.

If we hate others, we are living and walking in the dark. We don't know where we are going, because we can't see in the dark.

But if we claim to know him and don't obey him, we are lying and the truth isn't in our hearts.

If we claim to be in the light and hate someone, we are still in the dark.

If we have all we need and see one of our own people in need, we must have pity on that person, or else we cannot say we love God.

No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.