By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
1 John 4:20 - English Majority Text Version If anyone claims, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how is it possible for him to love God whom he has not seen? Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates) his brother [in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen. American Standard Version (1901) If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. Common English Bible Those who say, “I love God” and hate their brothers or sisters are liars. After all, those who don’t love their brothers or sisters whom they have seen can hardly love God whom they have not seen! Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God, whom he seeth not? |
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Whom not having seen, you love, in whom now not seeing, but believing, you rejoice with inexpressible joy and glorified,
If we claim that we have fellowship with Him, and we are walking in the darkness, we are lying, and are not practicing the truth.
If we claim that we have no sin, we are deceiving 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 the darkness has blinded his eyes.
He who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
He who says that 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 off his compassion towards him, how does the love of God abide in him?
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.