1 John 4:21 KJV — MannaFest

1 John 4:21

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

KJV

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ASV

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

WEB

And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

YLT

and this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

DBT

And this commandment have we from him, That he that lovesGod love also his brother.

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1 John — The aged apostle writes to churches in Asia Minor facing docetic teachers who deny the incarnation. Three tests interweave through five short chapters: walk in the light, love the brethren, confess Jesus come in the flesh.

Author: The apostle John — same author as the Gospel of John and 2/3 John; early church unanimous
Date: Late 1st century, c. AD 85–95, likely written from Ephesus

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28 verses on the floor

Galatians 6:2
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
John 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Matthew 22:37–39
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mark 12:31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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As God has communicated his image in nature and in grace, so he would have our love to be suitably diffused. We must love God originally and supremely, and others in him, on the account of their derivation and reception from him, and of his interest in them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And this commandment have we from him - Both God and his opinions or mode of worship be, purely because he is the child, and bears the image, of God. Bigotry is properly the want of this pure and universal love. A bigot only loves those who embrace his opinions, and receives his way of worship; and he loves them for that, and not for Christ's sake.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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