1 John 4:20 — Bible Verse (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?”
1 John 4:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 John 4:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 John 4:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”
1 John 4:20 — World English Bible
1 John 4:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
1 John 4:20 — American Standard Version
1 John 4:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?”
1 John 4:20 — Young's Literal Translation
1 John 4:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”
1 John 4:20 — Darby Translation
1 John 4:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“If any man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God whom he hath not seene?”
1 John 4:20 — Geneva Bible
1 John 4:20 in Context — 1 John 4
18 La crainte n’est pas dans l’amour, mais l’amour parfait bannit la crainte; car la crainte suppose un châtiment, et celui qui craint n’est pas parfait dans l’amour.
19 Pour nous, nous l’aimons, parce qu’il nous a aimés le premier.
20 Si quelqu’un dit: J’aime Dieu, et qu’il haïsse son frère, c’est un menteur; car celui qui n’aime pas son frère qu’il voit, comment peut-il aimer Dieu qu’il ne voit pas?
21 Et nous avons de lui ce commandement: que celui qui aime Dieu aime aussi son frère.
What Does 1 John 4:20 Mean?
1 John 4:20 is a verse from the Book of 1 John, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 John chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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