1 John 4:21

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“And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.”

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“And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 John 4:21 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  2. Matthew 5:43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
  3. Matthew 22:37Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
  4. Mark 12:29Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
  5. Luke 10:37“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
  6. John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
  7. John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
  8. Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
  9. Romans 13:9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  10. Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
  11. Galatians 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  12. 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
  13. 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
  14. 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
  15. 1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
  16. 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
  17. 1 John 3:18Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
  18. 1 John 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
  19. 1 John 4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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