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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.”
20 maj 2022 · The Message paraphrase of 1 John 4:8 reads, “The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love- so you can’t know him if you don’t love.” Our view of God grows as we surrender more and more to Him, in exchange for His will in our lives.
14 wrz 2021 · The Origin of Truth and Love - Love One Another. (1 John 4:7-12) Each week throughout 2021, I will share a Bible study blog post taking us through the letter of 1 John. Only five chapters long, this brief book is worthy of our consideration. Whether you drop in for one post or many, I pray that you enjoy them. Access all posts here.
John has a way of teaching us who Jesus is and what faith looks like, by giving us a glimpse into Jesus' encounters with various people -- John the Baptist, Nicodemus, and surprisingly, a Samaritan woman who is shunned by her own townspeople for her immoral behavior.
"Our Father which art in heaven." The relationship which is the strongest possible claim upon help and love is to be transferred to God. "Our Father" — what does it mean but that He is bending over us to pity us and to help us; to teach us and to make us good; glad indeed when we do well?
What does 1 John 4:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse by John Calvin's Bible Commentary. ONLINE and FREE
