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1 John 4:20-5:1
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20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he (B)hates his brother or sister, he is a (C)liar; for (D)the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, (E)cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21 And (F)this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God (G)must also love his brother and sister.

Overcoming the World

5 (H)Everyone who believes that Jesus is the [a]Christ has been (I)born of God, and everyone who loves the [b]Father (J)loves the child born of Him.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:1 I.e., Messiah
  2. 1 John 5:1 Lit one who has fathered
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1 John 4:20-5:1
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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, [a]cannot love God whom he hath not seen. 21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:20 Many ancient authorities read how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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1 John 4:20-5:1
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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) 21 And he has given us this command:(E) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(F)

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

5 Everyone who believes(G) that Jesus is the Christ(H) is born of God,(I) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(J)

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