1 John 4:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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)“And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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 DomainOther passages that echo 1 John 4:21 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Matthew 5:43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
- Matthew 22:37Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- Mark 12:29Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
- Luke 10:37“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
- John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 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.”
- Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Galatians 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- 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.
- 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
- 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- 1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
- 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.
- 1 John 3:18Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
- 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.
- 1 John 4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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