1 John 4
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1 John 4:19-21

191We loveG25, becauseG3754 He firstG4413 lovedG25 us.

202IfG1437 someoneG5100 saysG3004, “I loveG25 GodG2316,” and yet he 3hatesG3404 his brotherG80 or sister, he is a 4liarG5583; for 5the one who does not loveG25 his brotherG80 and sister whomG3739 he has seenG3708, 6cannotG1410G3756 loveG25 GodG2316, whomG3739 he has not seenG3708.

21And 7thisG3778 commandmentG1785 we haveG2192 from Him, that the one who lovesG25 GodG2316 8must alsoG2532 loveG25 his brotherG80 and sister.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 John 4:19 1 John 4:10 ↩
  2. 2. 1 John 4:20 1 John 1:6, 8, 10; 2:4 ↩
  3. 3. 1 John 4:20 1 John 2:9, 11 ↩
  4. 4. 1 John 4:20 1 John 1:6 ↩
  5. 5. 1 John 4:20 1 John 3:17 ↩
  6. 6. 1 John 4:20 1 Pet 1:8; 1 John 4:12 ↩
  7. 7. 1 John 4:21 Lev 19:18; Matt 5:43f; 22:37ff; John 13:34 ↩
  8. 8. 1 John 4:21 1 John 3:11 ↩

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