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1 John 4:21

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andταύτηνtautēnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐντολὴνentolēncommandmentἐντολή (entolē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “commandment”, the object formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.commandmentἔχομενechomenhave weἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “have we”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.have weἀπ’apfromἀπό (apo)preposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἵναhinaThatἵναadverb — “That”G2443in order that, so that.Thatὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαπῶνagapōnhe who lovethἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he who loveth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.he who lovethτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἀγαπᾷagapaloveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “love”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.loveκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφὸνadelphonbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

Young’s Literal Translation

and this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

World English Bible

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

Darby Translation

And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.

Douay-Rheims

And this commandment we have from God, that he, who loveth God, love also his brother.

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