1 John 4:21 - Compare All Versions
1 John 4:21 NIV (New International Version)
And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
1 John 4:21 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
1 John 4:21 NLT (New Living Translation)
And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.
1 John 4:21 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
And we have this command from him: The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.
1 John 4:21 KJV (King James Version)
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 4:21 NKJV (New King James Version)
And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
1 John 4:20-21 MSG (The Message)
If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both.
1 John 4:21 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.
1 John 4:21 AMP (Amplified Bible)
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him.
1 John 4:21 NET (New English Translation)
And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.