1 John 4:7 - The Message My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can’t know him if you don’t love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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]. American Standard Version (1901) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. Common English Bible Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. Catholic Public Domain Version Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. |