1 John 4:7,16
1 John 4:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
I John 4:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:7-10 The Message (MSG)
My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. 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. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God.
1 John 4:13-16 The Message (MSG)
This is how we know we’re living steadily and deeply in him, and he in us: He’s given us life from his life, from his very own Spirit. Also, we’ve seen for ourselves and continue to state openly that the Father sent his Son as Savior of the world. Everyone who confesses that Jesus is God’s Son participates continuously in an intimate relationship with God. We know it so well, we’ve embraced it heart and soul, this love that comes from God.
1 John 4:7 King James Version (KJV)
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 John 4:16 King James Version (KJV)
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
1 John 4:7 New Century Version (NCV)
Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become God’s child and knows God.
1 John 4:16 New Century Version (NCV)
And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Those who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
1 John 4:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
1 John 4:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
1 John 4:7 New International Version (NIV)
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:16 New International Version (NIV)
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
1 John 4:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
I John 4:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].
1 John 4:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.
1 John 4:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
1 John 4:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
1 John 4:7 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Those who are loved by God, let his love continually pour from you to one another, because God is love. Everyone who loves is fathered by God and experiences an intimate knowledge of him.
1 John 4:16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
We have come into an intimate experience with God’s love, and we trust in the love he has for us. God is love! Those who are living in love are living in God, and God lives through them.
1 John 4:7 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
