1 John 4:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Cross References

John 13:35

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

1 Peter 1:8

Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy.

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth;

1 John 1:8

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

1 John 2:11

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

1 John 2:4

He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

1 John 2:9

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still.

1 John 3:17

But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

1 John 4:12

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