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1. (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. a. Beloved, let us love: The ancient Greek sentence begins in a striking way — agapetoi agapomen, “those who are loved, let us love.”
New American Standard Bible. God Is Love. 7 Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Read full chapter.
CONTEXTUAL INSIGHTS TO 4:1-21. John 4 is a very specialized literary unit on how Christians assess and verify those who claim to speak for God. This passage is related to these false prophets called antichrists (cf. 1 John 2:18-25) those who try to deceive (cf. 1 John 2:26; 3:7; 2 John v. 7)
9 lut 2024 · 1 John 4 Commentary. Rosscup - This evangelical work, devotional in character, has been in constant demand for about 280 years. Its insight into human problems is great, but it often does not deal adequately with problems in the text. The one-volume form eliminates the Biblical text and is thus less bulky.
26 kwi 2024 · In 1 John 4:7–8, the apostle John returns to one of his favorite subjects—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” (NKJV).
If someone does not love, we know they are not from God. As we read the Bible, we learn more about true love, especially as shown by Jesus—the perfect expression of the love of God in the world.
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
