1 John 4:8

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 John 4:8

Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).

BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

The [one] not loving has not known God, because God is love.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 John 4

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.

⁷ 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.

¹⁰ And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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