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20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and (B)hates his brother, he is a (C)liar; for (D)the one who does not love his brother 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)should love his brother also.

Overcoming the World

(H)Everyone who believes that Jesus is the [a]Christ has been [b](I)born of God, and everyone who loves the [c]One who gives new birth (J)loves also the one who has been [d]born of Him.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:1 Messiah
  2. 1 John 5:1 Or begotten
  3. 1 John 5:1 Lit one who begets
  4. 1 John 5:1 Or begotten

20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For how can anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen,[a] love God, whom he has not seen? 21 This then is the command we have from him: The one who loves God should also love his brother.

Faith, Love, and Obedience

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the God who has given birth[b] also loves one who has been born of him.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:20 A few witnesses to the text read For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God.
  2. 1 John 5:1 Or everyone who loves the Father