He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be restored, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
For our God is a consuming fire.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins has not seen him, neither known him.
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God.
