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1 John 4:21 KJV
1 John · chapter 4 · verse 21
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.1 John 4:21 · King James Version
1 John 4:21 in context
19We love him, because he first loved us.
20If 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?
21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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- commandmententolēan order, command, charge, precept, injunction, that which is prescribed to one by reason…G1785 →
- brotheradelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- lovethagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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The apostle, having thus excited and enforced sacred love from the great pattern and motive of it, the love that is and dwells in God himself, proceeds to recommend it further by other considerations; and he recommends it in both the branches of it, both as love to God, and love to our brother or Christian neighbour.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-21