1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another with divine love: because divine love is of God; and the one loving with divine love has been born of God, and knows God.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.
Cross References
John 17:3But this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.
Galatians 4:9but now having known God, and rather having become known of God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements which you wish to serve again as formerly?
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another with divine love;
1 Peter 1:22Having purified your souls through obedience of the truth unto unhypocritical, brotherly love, fervently from the heart love one another with divine love:
1 John 2:29If you may know that he is righteous, know that every one doing righteousness has been born of him.
1 John 4:8The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine 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 →