1 John 4:21
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 ...
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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.

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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.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (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
(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.


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