He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
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.
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
for our God is a consuming fire.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.