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Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 John 4:20

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

1 John4:20

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen ?

The greater Difficulty here is imply'd, through our present dependence upon Sense, of loving the invisible God, than Men that we daily see and converse familiarly with. Hence, considering the Comprehensiveness of these two Things, the Love of God, and our Brother, that they are the Roots of all that Duty we owe to God and Man, the fulfilling of the whole Law, Mat. 22.37, 38, 39. he lets us see the Falshood and Absurdity of their Pretence to eminent Piety and Sanctity, who neglect the Duties of the second Table.

Marginal references: Chap. 2.4.

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