 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 psl.
...rescue them from destruction ; such persons have reason to fear ; for, if we love not our neighbour whom we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen ? Finally, let every serious hearer suffer the word of exhortation. See, in St. Paul, a pattern of... | |
 | James Fisher - 1806 - 352 psl.
...that we love not God, and therefore have no title to the inheritance of the saints in light : " for " if we love not our brother whom we have " seen, how can we love God, whom we " have not seen ?" 1 John iv. 20. Neither ought our love to be confined to those saints only who are rich in this world,... | |
 | Dorothy Ripley - 1819 - 216 psl.
...say with James the Apostle, if our hearts are not filled with pity, and love to our fellow-creatures whom we have seen, " How can we love God, whom we have not seen ?" We got to Newport in four hours, which astonished, me much, not expecting to stop any where till... | |
 | John Venn - 1822 - 460 psl.
...to glory." The Apostle concludes it to be impossible to love God, unless we love our brother also: "if we love not our brother whom we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen?" And the love of man is the natural effect of the knowledge we obtain of God through the Gospel. "Beloved,... | |
 | William Penn - 1825 - 616 psl.
...than God, can never love his neighbour as himself. For, as the apostle said, " If we do not love him, whom we have seen ; how can we love God, whom we have not seen ?" ' O that we could see some men as eager to turn people to God, as they are to blow them up, and... | |
 | Mrs. Hughs (Mary) - 1828 - 242 psl.
...than God can never love his neighbour as himself. For (as the apostle said) 'If we do not love him whom we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen. "O that we could see some men as eager to -turn people to God, as they are to blow them up, and set... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 624 psl.
...operative among them. That principle is altogether inseparable from the Christian character ; for, " if we love not our brother whom we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen?" We should consider " all, but especially the household of faith," as " brethren ;" and should regard... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - 1836 - 376 psl.
...embodied, and in daily connexion with us, I will not deny. The Bible itself implies this, when it says, " if we love not our brother whom we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen." But there are other considerations that may essentially modify our views of this difficulty. The evidence... | |
 | Samuel Walker - 1836 - 606 psl.
...men for their holiness, we do most certainly, though we see it not, hate God for his holiness ; for ' If we love not our brother whom we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen ?'•}• Yet, notwithstanding this, our Lord has taught all his followers how little they must expect... | |
 | 1837 - 446 psl.
...neighbour, whether he be Jew or Samaritan, Protestant or Papist ; for "if we love not our brethren whom we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen ? " One word of the author of this Letter, and we have done. He professes himself to be a Member of... | |
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