1 John 4:8
He that loves not, knew not God; because God is love.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In Context
Cross References
John 8:54Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It is my Father that honors me, of whom ye say, that he is your God.
Ephesians 2:4but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, made us,
1 John 1:5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to you, That God is light, and in him there is no darkness.
1 John 2:9He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:8-14
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one… Read the whole commentary →