1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and every one that loveth hath been born of God, and knoweth God;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8he that loveth not hath not known God; for God is love.
Cross References
John 17:3And this is the everlasting life, to 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 are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments to which ye wish to be again in bondage?
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love there is no need of writing to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have 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 also that doeth righteousness hath been born of him.
1 John 4:8he that loveth not hath not known God; for 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 →