1 John 4:20-5:1
New King James Version
Obedience by Faith
20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, [a]how can he love God (B)whom he has not seen? 21 And (C)this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
Obedience by Faith
5 Whoever believes that (D)Jesus is the Christ is (E)born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.
Footnotes
- 1 John 4:20 NU he cannot
1 John 4:20-5:1
Lexham English Bible
20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar, for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen is not able to love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this is the commandment we have from him: that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father[a] also loves the child fathered by him.
Footnotes
- 1 John 5:1 Literally “the one who fathers”
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