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For it is God's nature to be kind, and to give happiness. The law of God is love; and all would have been perfectly happy, had all obeyed it. The provision of the gospel, for the forgiveness of sin, and the salvation of sinners, consistently with God's glory and justice, shows that God is love.
26 kwi 2024 · God’s nature is love; therefore, we will exhibit love. Demonstrating Christian love confirms the reality of our spiritual life. “No one has ever seen God,” states John, “but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us” (1 John 4:12, NLT).
David Guzik commentary on 1 John 4, where John encourages the believers to abide in God and His love, which is perfected among us.
What does 1 John 4:8 mean? In the second sentence of this section, John adds the comment that those who don't love have no fellowship with God. The phrase "know God" uses the Greek root word ginosko. This is the same term used in verse 7, and many other places in the New Testament (John 17:3).
14 wrz 2021 · Part of the reason John felt compelled always to tell us to love one another is that he was constantly thinking about God. He had come to know love is from God, and God is love (7, 8). For John, knowing God is knowing love. Without God, a person cannot know the truest love.
John says if you want to measure love, use that as your standard. Do not measure love by the warm affection of your heart toward God, the gratitude you feel toward God. Naturally, if God has blessed you, helped you, and strengthened you, you will feel a warm affection toward him arising within you, but that is not the measure of love.
What does 1 John 4:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse by Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary. ONLINE and FREE
