John Gill's Exposition on 1 John 4:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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If a man say I love God, and hateth his brother, &c.] Than which profession nothing can be more contradictory, not black and white, or hot and cold in the same degree: he is a liar; it is not truth he speaks, it is a contradiction, and a thing impossible: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen; his person, which might have drawn out his affection to him; and something valuable and worthy in him, which might have commanded respect; or his wants and distresses, which should have moved his pity and compassion: how can he love God whom he hath not seen? it cannot be thought he should; the thing is not reasonable to suppose; it is not possible he should; (see Gill on “<620412>1 John 4:12”).

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