1 John 4:8
he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 86:5For Thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.
John 8:54Jesus answered, 'If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;
Ephesians 2:4and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,
1 John 1:5And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;
1 John 2:9he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;
1 John 4:7Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know 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 →