1 John 4:21

19 ^aWe love¹ Him because He first loved us.

Obedience by Faith

20 ^aIf 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,¹ how can he love God ^bwhom he has not seen?

21 And ^athis commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 John 4:21

This commandment have we - We should love one another, and love our neighbor as ourselves. The love of God and the love of man can never be separated; he who loves God will love his brother; he who loves his brother gives this proof that he loves God, because he loves with a measure of that love which, in its infinitude, dwells in God.

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