One cannot truly love Jehovah without also loving his brother, for the apostle John noted: “If anyone makes the statement: ‘ I love God, ’ and yet is hating his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot be loving God, whom he has not seen. ” ​ — 1 John 4: 20; compare 1 John 3: 17, 18.
Kristietis nevar mīlēt Jehovu, ja viņš nemīl savu brāli, jo apustulis Jānis norādīja: ” Ja kāds saka: ” Es mīlu Dievu ”, un ienīst savu brāli, tad viņš ir melis; jo, kas nemīl savu brāli, ko viņš ir redzējis, nevar mīlēt Dievu, ko viņš nav redzējis. ”