1 John 4:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

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.

Psalm 86:5

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

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.

Ephesians 2:4

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

Hebrews 12:29

Our God is like a destructive fire!

1 John 1:5

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

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.

1 John 2:9

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

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.

1 John 3:6

and people who stay united 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 4:16

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

1 John 4:7

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