1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’
Ephesians 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
1 John 1:5And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 2:9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born 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 →