If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For if he does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
By this all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love toward one another.
whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified,
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because darkness has blinded his eyes.
He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness until now.
But whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.