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Hi Kris

Sure. There are suttas when the Buddha visits Brahma or Brahma Gods, such as MN 49.

Brahma is included in the Buddhist 'cosmology', which is also used to classify mental states. MN 1 provides the best summary. Here, the same as the Tevijja Sutta, MN 1 equates the sphere of Brahma with the 1st jhana.

For me, the Tevijja Sutta is similar to 1 John 4.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. Often the Buddha redefined or improved pre-exisiting religious beliefs, such as in the Sigalovada Sutta, where the Buddha redefined the doctrine of the 'Six Directions'. The Tevijja Sutta is another example, where the Buddha advised 'God is love' rather than a deity per se.

The Buddha's redefintion of Brahma is similar to the Christian redefinition of God.

Kind regards