1 John 4:20

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

If a man says 'I love God,' and yet hates his Brother, he is a liar; for the man who does not love his Brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Cross References

John 13:35

It is by this that every one will recognize you as my disciples--by your loving one another."

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have never seen him, yet you love him; though you do not even now see him, yet you believe in him, and exalt with a triumphant happiness too great for words,

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have communion with him, and yet continue to live in the Darkness, we lie, and are not living the Truth.

1 John 1:8

If we say that there is no sin in us, we are deceiving ourselves, and the Truth has no place in us.

1 John 2:11

while he who hates his Brother is in the Darkness, and is living in the Darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the Darkness prevents his seeing.

1 John 2:4

The man who says 'I know Jesus,' but does not lay his commands to heart, is a liar, and the Truth has no place in him;

1 John 2:9

He who says that he is in the Light, and yet hates his Brother, is in the Darkness even now.

1 John 3:17

But, if any one has worldly possessions, and yet looks on while his Brother is in want, and steels his heart against him, how can it be said that the love of God is within him?

1 John 4:12

No human eyes have ever seen God, yet, if we love one another, God remains in union with us, and his love attains its perfection in us.