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1 John 4:21 — King James Version← Study notes

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


1 John 4:21Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 4:2117 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ταύτηνtautēn
thisdemonstrativeG3778
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἐντολὴνentolēn
commandmentnounG1785
ἔχομενechomen
we haveverbG2192
ἀπ’ap’
fromprepositionG575
αὐτοῦautou
HimpronounG846
ἵναhina
thatadverbG2443
ho
the onearticleG3588
ἀγαπῶνagapōn
lovingverbG25
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
θεὸνtheon
GodnounG2316
ἀγαπᾷagapa
may loveverbG25
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἀδελφὸνadelphon
brothernounG80
αὐτοῦautou
of himpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 John 4:21

“If any man say, I love God.” 1 John 4:20 What God? wherefore love we? “Because He first loved us,” and gave us to love. He loved us ungodly, to make us godly; loved us unrighteous, to make us righteous; loved us sick, to make us whole. Ask each several man; let him tell you if he love God. He cries out, he confesses: I love, God knows. There is another question to be asked. “If any man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar.” By what do you prove that he is a…

Augustine · 4th century · Homily 9 on the First Epistle of John
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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