1 John 4:7 - The Message7-10 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. See the chapterMore versionsKing 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. See the chapterAmplified 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]. See the chapterAmerican 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. See the chapterCommon 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. See the chapterCatholic 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. See the chapter |