1 John 4:8

Contemporary English Version 1995

God is love, and anyone who doesn't love others has never known him.

Cross References

1 John 4:16

and are sure God loves us. God is love. If we keep on loving others, we will stay one in our hearts with God, and he will stay one with us.

Psalm 86:15

But you, the Lord God, are kind and merciful. You don't easily get angry, and your love can always be trusted.

1 John 4:7

My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Goodbye, my friends. Do better and pay attention to what I have said. Try to get along and live peacefully with each other. Now I pray that God, who gives love and peace, will be with you.

Psalm 86:5

You willingly forgive, and your love is always there for those who pray to you.

Ephesians 2:4

But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much he made us alive with Christ, and God's gift of undeserved grace is what saves you.

1 John 1:5

Jesus told us God is light and doesn't have any darkness in him. Now we are telling you.

1 John 3:6

and people who stay one in their hearts with him won't keep on sinning. If they do keep on sinning, they don't know Christ, and they have never seen him.

1 John 2:9

If we claim to be in the light and hate someone, we are still in the dark.

1 John 2:4

But if we claim to know him and don't obey him, we are lying and the truth isn't in our hearts.

Hebrews 12:29

Our God is like a destructive fire!

1 John 3:10

You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.