1 John 4:7

New Living Translation

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

Cross References

John 13:34

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

John 17:3

And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 4:9

So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?

Galatians 5:22

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Deuteronomy 30:6

“The Lord your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live!

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

1 Peter 1:22

You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.

1 John 2:10

Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.

1 John 2:29

Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.

1 John 2:3

And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.

1 John 2:4

If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.

1 John 2:7

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.

1 John 3:9

Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.

1 John 4:16

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?

1 John 4:8

But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.

2 John 1:5

I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning.