1 John 4:7-8

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.

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

Footnotes

• [a] Or "begotten"