Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be restored, be comforted, be of the same mind, and live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
1 John 4:8 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Whoever 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, rejoice. Be restored, be comforted, be of the same mind, and live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Yet God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
This is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
Whoever says, “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Whoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
No one who abides in him continues in sin; no one who continues in sin has either 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 whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.