1 John 4:8
Those who do not love know nothing of God, for God is love.
Open English Bible (US)
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, rich in love towards all who call on you.
John 8:54“If I do honor to myself,” answered Jesus, “such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who does me honor – and you say that he is your God;
Ephesians 2:4Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,
1 John 1:5This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
1 John 2:9The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
1 John 4:7Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God and everyone who loves is a child 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 →