1 John 4:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those who say, “I love God,” and hate a brother or sister are liars, for those who do not love a brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.

Cross References

John 13:35

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

1 Peter 1:8

Although you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;

1 John 1:8

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

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates a brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;

1 John 2:9

Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.

1 John 3:17

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.