1 John 4:20
If someone says, "I love God," but hates a brother or sister, that person is a liar. For anyone who does not love a brother or sister, whom they have seen, is not able to love God, whom they have not seen.
Treated in 8 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Absolute Surrender ·
The Fruit of the Spirit is Love cites 1 John 4:20
…loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?” (1 John 4:20). There is a brother, a most unlovable man. He worries you every time you meet him. He is…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites 1 John 4:20
…as life” is mundane. “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar” (1 John 4:20, ASV). The highest spirituality must survive the dining table. Walking by the Spirit…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 John 4:20
…conduct. Scriptures to revisit Ephesians 4:1-32; Ephesians 5:1-21; Galatians 5:16-25; 1 John 4:20. Reflection 1. Which relationship is currently the best test of your spirituality? 2. Are…
- With Christ in the School of Prayer ·
Prayer and Love cites 1 John iv. 20
…the ground of confidence before God, and the assurance that our prayer will be heard, (1 John iv. 20, iii. 18-21, 23.). ‘Let us love in deed and truth; hereby shall we assure our heart…
- Humility ·
Humility in Daily Life cites 1 John 4:20
…he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” 1 John 4:20. What a solemn thought, that our love for God will be measured by our everyday…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
True Virtue cites 1 JOHN 4:20
…that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 JOHN 4:20 The doctrine that convicted its author There is a painful and instructive postscript to…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
What Does the Bible Say About Racism? cites 1 John 4:20
…who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen” (1 John 4:20). You can’t love God and despise the people He made. Even Bible heroes failed here.…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
Recommending devotion at twelve o'clock, called in Scripture the sixth hour of the day. This frequency of devotion equally desirable by all orders of people. Universal love is here recommended to be the subject of prayer at this hour. Of intercession, as an act of universal love cites 1 John iv. 20
…John say, that "If any man saith he loveth God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar." [1 John iv. 20] These reasons sufficiently show us, that no love is holy or religious, till it becomes…