1 John
1 John 4:20
20If anyone says, “I love God,” but 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.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | Ἐάν | Ean | Conjunction | G1437 if |
| anyone | τις | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| says | εἴπῃ | eipē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| I love | Ἀγαπῶ | Agapō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G25 I love |
| God | Θεόν | Theon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| hates | μισῇ | misē | Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3404 I hate, detest |
| his | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| brother | ἀδελφὸν | adelphon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G80 a brother |
| he is | ἐστίν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| a liar | ψεύστης | pseustēs | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5583 a liar, deceiver |
| For | γὰρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| anyone who | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| does not love | ἀγαπῶν | agapōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G25 I love |
| his | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| brother | ἀδελφὸν | adelphon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G80 a brother |
| whom | ὃν | hon | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| he has seen | ἑώρακεν | heōraken | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3708 I see, look upon, experience |
| cannot | δύναται | dynatai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1410 I am powerful, am able |
| love | ἀγαπᾶν | agapan | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G25 I love |
| God | Θεὸν | Theon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| whom | ὃν | hon | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| he has not seen | ἑώρακεν | heōraken | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3708 I see, look upon, experience |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 John 3:17 · 1 John 2:9 · 1 John 4:12 · 1 John 2:4 · 1 John 2:11 · 1 Peter 1:8 · 1 John 1:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.