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1 John 4:21

NETBible	And the commandment we have from him is this: that¹ the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian² too.
NIV © biblegateway 1Jo 4:21	And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
NASB © biblegateway 1Jo 4:21	And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
NLT © biblegateway 1Jo 4:21	And God himself has commanded that we must love not only him but our Christian brothers and sisters, too.
MSG © biblegateway 1Jo 4:21	The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You've got to love both.
BBE © SABDAweb 1Jo 4:21	And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.
NRSV © bibleoremus 1Jo 4:21	The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.
NKJV © biblegateway 1Jo 4:21	And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
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KJV	And <2532> this <5026> commandment <1785> have we <2192> (5719) from <575> him <846>_, That <2443> he who loveth <25> (5723) God <2316> love <25> (5725) his <846> brother <80> also <2532>_.
NASB © biblegateway 1Jo 4:21	And this <3778> commandment <1785> we have <2192> from Him, that the one who loves <25> God <2316> should love <25> his brother <80> also <2532> .
NET [draft] ITL	And <2532> the commandment <1785> we have <2192> from <575> him <846> is this <3778> : that <2443> the one who loves <25> God <2316> should love <25> his <846> fellow Christian <80> too <2532> .
GREEK	kai <2532> CONJ tauthn <3778> D-ASF thn <3588> T-ASF entolhn <1785> N-ASF ecomen <2192> (5719) V-PAI-1P ap <575> PREP autou <846> P-GSM ina <2443> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM agapwn <25> (5723) V-PAP-NSM ton <3588> T-ASM yeon <2316> N-ASM agapa <25> (5725) V-PAS-3S kai <2532> CONJ ton <3588> T-ASM adelfon <80> N-ASM autou <846> P-GSM

NETBible

And the commandment we have from him is this: that¹ the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian² too.

NET Notes

¹tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause in 4:21 could be giving (1) the purpose or (2) the result of the commandment mentioned in the first half of the verse, but if it does, the author nowhere specifies what the commandment consists of. It makes better sense to understand this ἵνα clause as (3) epexegetical to the pronoun ταύτην (tauthn) at the beginning of 4:21 and thus explaining what the commandment consists of: “that the one who loves God should love his brother also.”

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