1 John 4:19-20

God Is Love

¹⁹ _e We love because he first loved us. ²⁰ _f If anyone says, "I love God," and _g hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot ₁ love God _h whom he has not seen.

1. Cross References
   1 John 4:10
   In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
   
2. Cross References
   1 John 2:4
   Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
   1 John 3:17
   But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
   
3. Cross References
   1 John 2:9
   Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
   1 John 2:11
   But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
   
4. Cross References
   1 John 4:12
   No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
   1 Peter 1:8
   Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.