1 John 4:7
5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- KJV
- Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
- WEB
- Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- ASV
- Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
- DARBY
- Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
- BLB
- Beloved, may we love one another, because love is of God; and everyone loving has been born of God and knows God.
- ÅB
- Dere elskede! la oss elske hverandre! for kjærligheten er av Gud, og hver den som elsker, er født av Gud og kjenner Gud.
- OTB
- Kjære venner, la oss elske hverandre, for kjærligheten er fra Gud; og hver den som elsker, er født av Gud og kjenner Gud.
- B1930
- I elskede! la oss elske hverandre! for kjærligheten er av Gud, og hver den som elsker, er født av Gud og kjenner Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:20–5:1
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
Read in context1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Read in context1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Read in context1 John 2:10
Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
Read in contextGalatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:9–10
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Read in context1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
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