1 John 4:8
He, that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In Context
Cross References
John 8:54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom ye say that He is your God.
Ephesians 2:4But God being rich in mercy, through his great love wherewith He loved us,
1 John 1:5Now this we have heard from Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 2:9Now he that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is still in darkness:
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born 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 →