1 John 4:7
Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity.
Cross References
John 17:3Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Galatians 4:9But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known by God: how turn you again to the weak and needy elements, which you desire to serve again?
1 Thessalonians 4:9But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:
1 John 2:29If you know, that he is just, know ye, that every one also, who doth justice, is born of him.
1 John 4:8He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity.
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 →