1 John 4:8

The English Standar Version

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Cross References

1 John 4:16

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Psalm 86:15

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

1 John 4:7

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

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers,[1] rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another,[2] agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Psalm 86:5

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

Ephesians 2:4

But[2] God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

1 John 1:5

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

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

1 John 2:9

Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is a consuming fire.

1 John 3:10

By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.