1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
8He that loves not, knew not God; because God is love.
Cross References
John 17:3And this is the eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou didst send.
Galatians 4:9But now, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that ye turn back again to the weak and poor elements[4:9], to which ye desire to be in bondage again anew?
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love ye need not that I write to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22Having purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart fervently;
1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that does righteousness has been begotten of him.
1 John 4:8He that loves not, knew not God; because 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 →