1 John 4:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.