1 John 4:8

A Conservative Version

He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Cross References

1 John 4:16

And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us,

1 John 1:5

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

1 John 3:6

Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him.

1 John 2:9

He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

1 John 2:4

He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.

Hebrews 12:29

For our God is also a consuming fire.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.