1 John 4:20

God's Word

Whoever says, “I love God,” but hates another believer is a liar. People who don’t love other believers, whom they have seen, can’t love God, whom they have not seen.

Cross References

John 13:35

Everyone will know that you are my disciples because of your love for each other.”

1 Peter 1:8

Although you have never seen Christ, you love him. You don’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are extremely happy with joy and praise that can hardly be expressed in words

1 John 1:6

If we say, “We have a relationship with God” and yet live in the dark, we’re lying. We aren’t being truthful.

1 John 1:8

If we say, “We aren’t sinful” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:11

Those who hate other believers are in the dark and live in the dark. They don’t know where they’re going, because they can’t see in the dark.

1 John 2:4

The person who says, “I know him,” but doesn’t obey his commandments is a liar. The truth isn’t in that person.

1 John 2:9

Those who say that they are in the light but hate other believers are still in the dark.

1 John 3:17

Now, suppose a person has enough to live on and notices another believer in need. How can God’s love be in that person if he doesn’t bother to help the other believer?

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.