1 John 4:8 – God Is Love

God Is Love - 1 John 4:8
God Is Love - 1 John 4:8

1 John 4:8

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

King James Version (KJV)

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”

New International Version (NIV)

“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

“Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.”

New American Bible (NASB)

“The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

English Standard Version (ESV)

“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

The Living Bible (TLB)

“But if a person isn’t loving and kind, it shows that he doesn’t know God—for God is love.”