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1 John 4:20

NETBible	If anyone says¹ “I love God” and yet² hates his fellow Christian,³ he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian⁴ whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.⁵
NIV © biblegateway 1Jo 4:20	If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
NASB © biblegateway 1Jo 4:20	If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
NLT © biblegateway 1Jo 4:20	If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we have not seen?
MSG © biblegateway 1Jo 4:20	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?
BBE © SABDAweb 1Jo 4:20	If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?
NRSV © bibleoremus 1Jo 4:20	Those who say, "I love God," and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen.
NKJV © biblegateway 1Jo 4:20	If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
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KJV	If <1437> a man <5100> say <2036> (5632)_, <3754> I love <25> (5719) God <2316>_, and <2532> hateth <3404> (5725) his <846> brother <80>_, he is <2076> (5748) a liar <5583>_: for <1063> he that loveth <25> (5723) not <3361> his <846> brother <80> whom <3739> he hath seen <3708> (5758)_, how <4459> can <1410> (5736) he love <25> (5721) God <2316> whom <3739> he hath <3708> (0) not <3756> seen <3708> (5758)_?
NASB © biblegateway 1Jo 4:20	If <1437> someone <5100> says <3004> , "I love <25> God <2316> ," and hates <3404> his brother <80> , he is a liar <5583> ; for the one who does not love <25> his brother <80> whom <3739> he has seen <3708> , cannot <1410> <3756> love <25> God <2316> whom <3739> he has not seen <3708> .
NET [draft] ITL	If <1437> anyone <5100> says <2036> “I love <25> God <2316> ” and <2532> yet hates <3404> his <846> fellow Christian <80> , he is <1510> a liar <5583> , because <1063> the one who does <25> not <3361> love <25> his <846> fellow Christian <80> whom <3739> he has seen <3708> cannot <3756> <1410> love <25> God <2316> whom <3739> he has <3708> not <3756> seen <3708> .
GREEK	ean tiv eiph agapw yeon kai ton adelfon autou mish estin gar mh agapwn adelfon autou on ewraken yeon on ouc ewraken dunatai <1410> (5736) V-PNI-3S agapan <25> (5721) V-PAN

NETBible

If anyone says¹ “I love God” and yet² hates his fellow Christian,³ he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian⁴ whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “if anyone should say…”

²tn “Yet” is supplied to bring out the contrast.

³tn See note on the phrase “fellow Christian” in 2:9.

⁴tn See note on the phrase “fellow Christian” in 2:9.

⁵sn In 4:20 the author again describes the opponents, who claim to love God. Their failure to show love for their fellow Christians proves their claim to know God to be false: The one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.