1 John 4:8
He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. (o. agape)
Updated King James Version
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 ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.
John 8:54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honors me; of whom all of you say, that he is your God:
Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love (o. agape) wherewith he loved us,
1 John 1:5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John 2:9He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love (o. agape) is of God; and every one that loves is born 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 →