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The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 1 Corinthians 13:4. Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:7-8. And so we know and rely on the love God has ...
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we ...
1 John 4:7-21. Amplified Bible. God Is Love. 7 Beloved, let us [unselfishly] [a]love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. 8 The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love.
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son.
Instead of "love is of God" (verse 7), we have "God is Love" - a far deeper thought; and instead of "knoweth not God," we have "knew not God," or, as we should say in English, "hath not known" or "never knew God."
25 sty 2022 · This is a good answer, but as an addendum to the last paragraph, it is not better absolutely to know little and love God. The best state would be to know much about Him Whom we ought to love above all else, and to love Him all the more for having known Him.
