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1 John 4:20
New International Version
1 John 4:20
New International Version
20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(A) is a liar.(B) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(C) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(D)
1 John 4:20
King James Version
1 John 4:20
King James Version
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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1 John 4:20
New English Translation
1 John 4:20
New English Translation
20 If anyone says[a] “I love God” and yet[b] hates his fellow Christian,[c] he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian[d] whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.[e]
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- 1 John 4:20 tn Grk “if anyone should say…”
- 1 John 4:20 tn “Yet” is supplied to bring out the contrast.
- 1 John 4:20 tn See note on the phrase “fellow Christian” in 2:9.
- 1 John 4:20 tn See note on the phrase “fellow Christian” in 2:9.
- 1 John 4:20 sn In 4:20 the author again describes the opponents, who claim to love God. Their failure to show love for their fellow Christians proves their claim to know God to be false: The one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:20
New Living Translation
1 John 4:20
New Living Translation
20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer,[a] that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
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- 4:20 Greek hates his brother.
1 John 4:20
English Standard Version
1 John 4:20
English Standard Version
20 (A)If anyone says, “I love God,” and (B)hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot[a] love God (C)whom he has not seen.
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- 1 John 4:20 Some manuscripts how can he
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