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1 John 4:21

1 John 4:21
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And this commandment have we from him - That is, the command to love a brother is as obligatory as that to love God. If one is obeyed, the other ought to be also; if a man feels that one is binding on…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

This commandment have we - We should love one another, and love our neighbor as ourselves. The love of God and the love of man can never be separated; he who loves God will love his brother; he who…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 John 4:17-21

The apostle, having thus excited and enforced sacred love from the great pattern and motive of it, the love that is and dwells in God himself, proceeds to recommend it further by other considerations;…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And this commandment have we The Apostle drives home his arguments for the practice of brotherly love by the fact that God has commanded all who love Him to love their brethren. Some take -Him" to…