1 John 4
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1 John 4:20-21

201IfG1437 someoneG5100 saysG3004, “I loveG25 GodG2316,” and yet he 2hatesG3404 his brotherG80 or sister, he is a 3liarG5583; for 4the one who does not loveG25 his brotherG80 and sister whomG3739 he has seenG3708, 5cannotG1410G3756 loveG25 GodG2316, whomG3739 he has not seenG3708.

21And 6thisG3778 commandmentG1785 we haveG2192 from Him, that the one who lovesG25 GodG2316 7must alsoG2532 loveG25 his brotherG80 and sister.

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Notes

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

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