1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Cross References
John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
1 John 4:8Whoever does not love does not know 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 →