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8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:8 NIV
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KJV
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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

NLT
But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
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