A moment in scripture
1 John 4:20
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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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The surrounding passage
- 1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
- 1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
- 1 John 4:21
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.