1 John 4:8
He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 86:5For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee.
John 8:54Jesus answered—If, I, glorify myself, my glory, is nothing: It is, my Father, that glorifieth me,—of whom, ye, say—He is, your God!
Ephesians 2:4But, God, being rich in mercy, by reason of the great love wherewith he loved us,
1 John 1:5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and are reporting unto you,—that, God, is, light, and in him is, no darkness at all.
1 John 2:9He that saith he is, in the light, and hateth, his brother, is, in the darkness, until even now!
1 John 4:7Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand 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 →