KJV King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 John 4:8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
WEB World English Bible
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
ASV American Standard Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
Surrounding context — 1 John 4
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.
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 another.
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1 John 4:16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.Psalm 86:15But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.2 Corinthians 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.Psalm 86:5For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,Exodus 34:6-7And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,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 3:6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.1 John 2:9He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.John 8:54-55Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.Hebrews 12:29For our God [is] a consuming fire.
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