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1 John 4:8 KJV
1 John · chapter 4 · verse 8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.1 John 4:8 · King James Version
1 John 4:8 in context
6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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- knowethginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- lovethagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
- loveagapēaffection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love, love feastsG26 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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As the Spirit of truth is known by doctrine (thus spirits are to be tried), it is known by love likewise; and so here follows a strong fervent exhortation to holy Christian love: Beloved, let us love one another, Jo1 4:7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13