1 John 4:8
The one not having ahavah did not have da'as of Hashem, because Hashem is ahavah.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 86:5For Thou, Adonoi, art tov, and ready to forgive; 1 and plenteous in chesed unto all them that call upon Thee. 1
John 8:54In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, If I give myself kavod, the kavod of me is nothing. It is HaAv of me Who is giving me kavod, Whom you say, He is Eloheinu. + 8:54 Isa 63:16
Ephesians 2:4But Hashem, being rich in rachamim (mercy), because of His ahavah harabba (great love) with which He loved us,
1 John 1:5And this is the Besuras HaGeulah which we have heard from Him and which we proclaim to you, that Hashem is Ohr (Light), and in Him choshech there is not any at all.
1 John 2:9The one claiming in the Ohr (Light) to be and the Ach b'Moshiach of him hating, is in the choshech still. + 2:9 Lv 19:17
1 John 4:7Chaverim, let us have ahavah one for another, because ahavah is of Hashem, and everyone having ahavah has been born of Hashem and has da'as of Hashem.
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 →