1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8He, that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.
Cross References
John 17:3and this is life eternal, to know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Galatians 4:9But now that ye know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that ye turn again to the poor weak elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage as before?
1 Thessalonians 4:9But as to brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22Having therefore purified your souls by obedience to the truth, through the Spirit, to brotherly love unfeigned, love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 John 2:29If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one, who practiseth righteousness, is born of Him.
1 John 4:8He, that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is 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 →