1 John 4:7

Good News Translation

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.

Cross References

John 13:34

And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 17:3

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But the person who loves God is known by him.

2 Corinthians 4:6

The God who said, “Out of darkness the light shall shine!” is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.

Galatians 4:9

But now that you know God—or, I should say, now that God knows you—how is it that you want to turn back to those weak and pitiful ruling spirits? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?

Galatians 5:22

But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will give you and your descendants obedient hearts, so that you will love him with all your heart, and you will continue to live in that land.

2 Timothy 1:7

For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.

1 John 2:10

If we love others, we live in the light, and so there is nothing in us that will cause someone else to sin.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.

1 John 2:3

If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him.

1 John 2:4

If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us.

1 John 2:7

My dear friends, this command I am writing you is not new; it is the old command, the one you have had from the very beginning. The old command is the message you have already heard.

1 John 3:9

Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for God's very nature is in them; and because God is their Father, they cannot continue to sin.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another.

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.

1 John 4:16

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

1 John 4:20

If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 John 5:1

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.

2 John 1:5

And so I ask you, dear Lady: let us all love one another. This is no new command I am writing you; it is the command which we have had from the beginning.