1 John 4:8 - Revised Standard Version

⁸ He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Common English Bible

⁸ The person who doesn’t love does not know God, because God is love.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity.

1 John 4:8 Cross References

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us,

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is a consuming fire.

1 John 1:5

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

1 John 2:4

He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

1 John 2:9

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still.

1 John 3:10

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.

1 John 4:16

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.