1 John 4:8
King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 4:8 in context
6We 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.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9In 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.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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Cross-references
Other passages that echo or illuminate 1 John 4:8.
- 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.
- John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
- Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
The Book of 1 John — summary, themes & key verses
God is love — assurance of faith, and a call to walk in light and love.
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