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(1 John 4:7-8) The call to love. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:8. Οὐκ ἔγνω, knoweth not) Is not born of God, and knoweth not God.— ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστὶν, God is love) ἀγάπη, without the article, as in 1 John 4:16. This brief sentence imparted to John, even during the mere time which he took in writing it, more delight than the whole world can impart.
1 John 4:16. 16 So x we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. y God is love, and z whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. Read Full Chapter. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
What does 1 John 4:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse by John Calvin's Bible Commentary. ONLINE and FREE
20 maj 2022 · What Does it Mean that “God is Love” in 1 John 4:8? “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” (1 John 4:16 NIV) John, in this letter to believers, challenged them (and us) to test what we see and hear through the filter of Jesus Christ.
Bible Study Questions. 1. How can the instructions about testing spirits apply to our present-day interactions and decisions? 2. What does it mean for our day-to-day life that "the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world"? 3. How does acknowledging that "Jesus Christ has come in the flesh" shape our understanding of God ...
He that feareth is not made perfect in love.'--1 John iv. 18. John has been speaking of boldness, and that naturally suggests its opposite--fear. He has been saying that perfect love produces courage in the day of judgment, because it produces likeness to Christ, who is the Judge.
