1 John 4:8

8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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1 John 4:8 in Other Translations

KJV

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

ESV

8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

NLT

8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

MSG

8 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.

CSB

8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:8 In-Context

6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for 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 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.

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