1 John 4:7
Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
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In The King James Version
In Context
8Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.
Cross References
John 17:3And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Galatians 4:9But now, since you have known God, or rather, since you have been known by God: how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences, which you desire to serve anew?
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.
1 Peter 1:22So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively.
1 John 2:29If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him.
1 John 4:8Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:5-7
Danger of Antichristian Spirit. ( a. d. 80.) 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. In these verses the apostle encourages the disciples against the fear and danger of this seducing antichristian… Read the whole commentary →