1 John 4:8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

Cross References

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us

Hebrews 12:29

for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

1 John 1:5

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;

1 John 2:9

Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.

1 John 3:10

The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.

1 John 4:16

So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.

1 John 4:7

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