1 John 4:20

English Majority Text Version

If anyone claims, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how is it possible for him to love God whom he has not seen?

Cross References

John 13:35

By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

1 Peter 1:8

Whom not having seen, you love, in whom now not seeing, but believing, you rejoice with inexpressible joy and glorified,

1 John 1:6

If we claim that we have fellowship with Him, and we are walking in the darkness, we are lying, and are not practicing the truth.

1 John 1:8

If we claim that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:11

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

1 John 2:4

He who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 2:9

He who says that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.

1 John 3:17

But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother having need, and shuts off his compassion towards him, how does the love of God 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 has been perfected in us.