1Jo 4:20 | NETfull | STEP | If anyone says “I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:20

20 If anyone says ^{▼▼ Grk “if anyone should say…”} “I love God” and yet ^{▼▼ “Yet” is supplied to bring out the contrast.} hates his fellow Christian, ^{▼▼ See note on the phrase “fellow Christian” in 2:9.} he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian ^{▼▼ See note on the phrase “fellow Christian” in 2:9.} whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. ^{▼▼ 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.}