1 John 4:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)7 Loved ones, we should have love for one another, because love comes from [the very nature of] God, and every person who [continually] loves [others] has been [spiritually] conceived by God [See 2:29; 3:9], and knows [he is in fellowship with] God. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17697 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him]. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible7 Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version7 Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Ver Capítulo |
For God, who said [Gen. 1:3], “Light will shine out of darkness,” has [also] shone in our hearts to provide [us with] the light of the knowledge of God’s splendor [as it shines] on the face of Christ. [Note: This allusion to “splendor shining on Christ’s face” may be a continuation of the analogy used in 3:13].
My dearly loved ones, I am not writing to you about a new commandment, but about an old one. [It is the one] you had learned about from the beginning. [Note: This is the commandment to love one another (3:1; II John 5) which Jesus had taught his disciples during His earthly ministry. See Mark 12:31]. This old commandment is the word [of God] which you heard [previously].