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19 We are loving because[a] He first loved us.

Not Loving One Another As He Commanded Proves That We Do Not Love God

20 If someone claims that “I love God” and is hating his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen cannot be loving God Whom he has not seen. 21 And we have this commandment from Him: that the one loving God should be loving his brother also.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:19 This is a positive reason why such love produces confidence. Our love is the result of the relationship, not the cause of it.

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