1 John 4:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ The one who does not love does not know Elohim, for Elohim 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.

1 John 4:8 Cross References

Psalm 86:15

But You, O יהוה, Are a compassionate Ě

Psalm 86:5

For You, יהוה, are good, and ready to forgive, And great in kindness to all those who call upon You.

2 Corinthians 13:11

For the rest, brothers, rejoice. Be made perfect, be encouraged, be of one mind, live in peace. And the Elohim of love and peace shall be with you.

Ephesians 2:4

But Elohim, who is rich in compassion, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Hebrews 12:29

for indeed, our Elohim is a consuming fire.

1 John 1:5

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

1 John 2:4

The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 2:9

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

1 John 3:10

In this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness is not of Elohim, neither the one not loving his brother.

1 John 3:6

Everyone staying in Him does not sin. Everyone sinning has neither seen Him nor known Him.

1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that Elohim has for us. Elohim is love, and he who stays in love stays in Elohim, and Elohim in him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved ones, let us love one another, because love is of Elohim, and everyone who loves has been born of Elohim, and knows Elohim.