1 John 4:8
He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is love.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In Context
Cross References
John 8:54Iesus answered: Yf I honoure my selfe myne honoure is nothinge worth. It is my father that honoureth me which ye saye is youre God
Ephesians 2:4But God which is rich in mercy thorow his greate love wherwith he loved vs
1 John 1:5And this is the tydynges which we have hearde of him and declare vnto you that god is lyght and in him is no darknes at all
1 John 2:9He that sayth how that he is in the light and yet hateth his brother is in darknes even vntyll this tyme.
1 John 4:7Beloved let vs love one another: for love cometh of God. And every one that loveth is borne of God and knoweth 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 →