1 John 4:8 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁸ He that does not love does not know God, because God is love.

More versions

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.

1 John 4:8 Cross References

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally brothers, farewell. Restore [yourselves,] comfort [yourselves], be in agreement, be at peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Hebrews 12:29

For our God is a consuming fire.

1 John 1:5

And this is the message which we have heard from Him and we announce to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

1 John 2:4

He who says, "I have come to know Him,"and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 2:9

He who says that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:6

Everyone who abides in Him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen Him nor has he known Him.

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and believe the love which God has in us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; and everyone that loves has been born of God and knows God.