Parallel Verses New International Version Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. King James Bible He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Darby Bible Translation He that loves not has not known God; for God is love. World English Bible He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love. Young's Literal Translation he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:8 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleHe that loveth not - As already described, knoweth not God - has no experimental knowledge of him. God is love - An infinite fountain of benevolence and beneficence to every human being. He hates no thing that he has made. He cannot hate, because he is love. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends his rain on the just and the unjust. He has made no human being for perdition, nor ever rendered it impossible, by any necessitating decree, for any fallen soul to find mercy. He has given the fullest proof of his love to the whole human race by the incarnation of his Son, who tasted death for every man. How can a decree of absolute, unconditional reprobation, of the greater part or any part of the human race, stand in the presence of such a text as this? It has been well observed that, although God is holy, just, righteous, etc., he is never called holiness, justice, etc., in the abstract, as he is here called Love. This seems to be the essence of the Divine nature, and all other attributes to be only modifications of this. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge knoweth. 1 John 3:6 Whoever stays in him sins not: whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him. God is. Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire. Library Love of God and ManFIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Eversley. Chester Cathedral, 1872. 1 John iv. 16, 21. "God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. . . . And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also." This is the first Sunday after Trinity. On it the Church begins to teach us morals,--that is, how to live a good life; and therefore she begins by teaching us the foundation of all morals,--which is love,--love to God and love to man. But which … Charles Kingsley—All Saints' Day and Other Sermons The Servant as his Lord "And if Christ be in You, the Body is Dead Because of Sin; but the Spirit is Life Because of Righteousness. " "For what the Law could not Do, in that it was Weak Though the Flesh, God Sending his Own Son," Cross References 1 John 3:10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God's child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister. 1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. Jump to Previous Destitute Love LovingJump to Next Destitute Love LovingLinks 1 John 4:8 NIV1 John 4:8 NLT 1 John 4:8 ESV 1 John 4:8 NASB 1 John 4:8 KJV 1 John 4:8 Bible Apps 1 John 4:8 Biblia Paralela 1 John 4:8 Chinese Bible 1 John 4:8 French Bible 1 John 4:8 German Bible 1 John 4:8 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |