Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice. Become mature, be encouraged, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
1 John 4:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. American Standard Version (1901) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Common English Bible The person who doesn’t love does not know God, because God is love. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity. |
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice. Become mature, be encouraged, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him.
The one who says, ‘I have come to know him,’ and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.
This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.
Everyone who remains in him does not sin; , everyone who sins has not seen him or known him.
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.