"And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also." — 1 John 4:21

1 John 4:21 · KJV

“And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”

— 1 John 4:21

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?

1 John 4 — Context

We love him, because he first loved us.

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?

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Cross References

Matthew 22:37-39

This is the first and great commandment.

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.

1 John 3:11

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. {message: or, commandment}

Galatians 5:14

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, {even} in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, {be ye} all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, {be} pitiful, {be} courteous: {love as: or, loving to the}

John 15:12

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.