1 John 4:20-21

God Is Love

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. ²¹ And _i this commandment we have from him: _j whoever loves God must also love his brother.

1. 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?
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. Cross References
   Galatians 6:2
   Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
   
5. Cross References
   1 John 4:7
   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
   1 John 3:11
   For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.