1 John 4:8
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 4:8 King James Version (KJV)
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 4:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:8 New Century Version (NCV)
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 4:8 New International Version (NIV)
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]
1 John 4:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.