Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. New Living Translation And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers. English Standard Version And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. Berean Standard Bible And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well. Berean Literal Bible And this commandment we have from Him, that the one loving God should love his brother also. King James Bible And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. New King James Version And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. New American Standard Bible And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister. NASB 1995 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. NASB 1977 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. Legacy Standard Bible And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. Amplified Bible And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him. Christian Standard Bible And we have this command from him: The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister. Holman Christian Standard Bible And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother. American Standard Version And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And we have received this commandment from him: “Everyone who loves God shall love his brother also.” Contemporary English Version The commandment that God has given us is: "Love God and love each other!" Douay-Rheims Bible And this commandment we have from God, that he, who loveth God, love also his brother. English Revised Version And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also. GOD'S WORD® Translation Christ has given us this commandment: The person who loves God must also love other believers. Good News Translation The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also. International Standard Version And this is the commandment that we have from him: the person who loves God must also love his brother. Literal Standard Version And this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother. Majority Standard Bible And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well. New American Bible This is the commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. NET Bible And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too. New Revised Standard Version The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. New Heart English Bible This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother. Webster's Bible Translation And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God, love his brother also. Weymouth New Testament And the command which we have from Him is that he who loves God must love his brother man also. World English Bible This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother. Young's Literal Translation and this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Love Comes from God…20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well. Cross References Leviticus 19:18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. Matthew 5:43 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor' and 'Hate your enemy.' Matthew 22:37 Jesus declared, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' John 13:34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. 1 John 2:7 Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard. 1 John 3:11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Treasury of Scripture And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also. 1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 3:11,14,18,23 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another… Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. Jump to Previous Command Commandment Loves Loving WordJump to Next Command Commandment Loves Loving Word1 John 4 1. He warns them not to believe all who boast of the Spirit;7. and exhorts to brotherly love. Verse 21. - That he who loveth God love his brother also. This is the great commandment, on which hang all the Law and the prophets (Matthew 22:37, 39; Luke 10:27; John 13:34), and, whatever we may think of the relation between seeing and loving, there is the Divine command to love, not only the invisible God, but the visible brother in whom the invisible God dwells. Sight may hinder as well as help; it is hard to love what is squalid and hideous. In such cases let us remember the Divine command; let us remember the Divinity which even the most debased humanity contains.
Greek Andκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. we have ἔχομεν (echomen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. this ταύτην (tautēn) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. commandment ἐντολὴν (entolēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription. from ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. Him: αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Whoever ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. loves ἀγαπῶν (agapōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. God Θεὸν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. must love ἀγαπᾷ (agapa) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. brother ἀδελφὸν (adelphon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. as well. καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. Links 1 John 4:21 NIV1 John 4:21 NLT 1 John 4:21 ESV 1 John 4:21 NASB 1 John 4:21 KJV 1 John 4:21 BibleApps.com 1 John 4:21 Biblia Paralela 1 John 4:21 Chinese Bible 1 John 4:21 French Bible 1 John 4:21 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 John 4:21 This commandment we have from him that (1J iJ 1Jn i jn 1 jo) |
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