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10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

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10 By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God’s will in purpose, thought, and action] is of God; neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow [a]believer in Christ).

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:10 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

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He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love.

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20 If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

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20 If anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates) his brother [[a]in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen.

21 And this command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him: that he who loves God shall love his brother [[b]believer] also.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:20 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. 1 John 4:21 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.