But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
1 John 4:8 - English Standard Version 2016 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. Matoleo zaidiKing 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. |
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
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.
Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
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.
No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
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.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.