1 John 4:11,20-21
1 John 4:11-12 The Message (MSG)
My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us—perfect love!
1 John 4:20-21-20-21 The Message (MSG)
If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both.
1 John 4:11 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:20-21 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
1 John 4:11 King James Version (KJV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 4:20-21 King James Version (KJV)
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? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 4:11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:20-21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
If someone 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, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
1 John 4:11 New Century Version (NCV)
Dear friends, if God loved us that much we also should love each other.
1 John 4:20-21 New Century Version (NCV)
If people say, “I love God,” but hate their brothers or sisters, they are liars. Those who do not love their brothers and sisters, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have never seen. And God gave us this command: Those who love God must also love their brothers and sisters.
1 John 4:11 American Standard Version (ASV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:20-21 American Standard Version (ASV)
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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 4:11 New International Version (NIV)
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:20-21 New International Version (NIV)
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
1 John 4:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
I John 4:20-21 New King James Version (NKJV)
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, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
1 John 4:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:20-21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him.
1 John 4:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
1 John 4:20-21 New Living Translation (NLT)
If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.
1 John 4:11 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Delightfully loved ones, if he loved us with such tremendous love, then “loving one another” should be our way of life!
1 John 4:20-21 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Anyone can say, “I love God,” yet have hatred toward another believer. This makes him a phony, because if you don’t love a brother or sister, whom you can see, how can you truly love God, whom you can’t see? For he has given us this command: whoever loves God must also demonstrate love to others.
