1 John 4:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

Cross References

1 John 4:16

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.

1 John 4:7

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Psalm 86:5

You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

1 John 1:5

This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

1 John 3:6

Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

1 John 2:9

He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.

1 John 2:4

The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

Hebrews 12:29

For our God is an all-burning fire.

1 John 3:10

In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.