1 Yohanes 1:10
Konteks1:10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.
1 Yohanes 4:20
Konteks4:20 If anyone says 1 “I love God” and yet 2 hates his fellow Christian, 3 he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian 4 whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 5
[4:20] 1 tn Grk “if anyone should say…”
[4:20] 2 tn “Yet” is supplied to bring out the contrast.
[4:20] 3 tn See note on the phrase “fellow Christian” in 2:9.
[4:20] 4 tn See note on the phrase “fellow Christian” in 2:9.
[4:20] 5 sn 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.