1 John 4:8

Legacy Standard Bible

The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Cross References

Psalm 86:15

But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Psalm 86:5

For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us,

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is a consuming fire.

1 John 1:5

And this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 2:4

The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

1 John 2:9

The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifested: everyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, as well as the one who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or has come to know Him.

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.