1 John 4:8
he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 86:5For You, Lord, [are] good and forgiving, || And abundant in kindness to all calling You.
John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who is glorifying Me, of whom you say that He is your God;
Ephesians 2:4but God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,
1 John 1:5And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness is not in Him at all;
1 John 2:9he who is saying he is in the light, and is hating his brother, he is in the darkness until now;
1 John 4:7Beloved, may we love one another, because love is of God, and everyone loving 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 →