1 John 4:7-9

God Is Love

7 ¹Beloved, let us ²love one another, for love is from God; and ³everyone who loves is ⁴born of God and ⁵knows God.

8 The one who does not love does not know God, for ⁶God is love.

9 By this the love of God was manifested ⁷in us, that ⁸God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

Cross References

• 1. 1 John 2:7
• 2. 1 John 3:11
• 3. 1 John 5:1
• 4. 1 John 2:29
• 5. 1 Corinthians 8:3; 1 John 2:3
• 6. 1 John 4:7, 16
• 7. John 9:3; 1 John 4:16
• 8. John 3:16; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 5:11

Footnotes

• [a] Or "begotten"
• [b] Or "in our case"
• [c] Or "unique," only one of His kind