1 John 4:8-9,11
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 4:11-12 The Message (MSG)
My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us—perfect love!
1 John 4:8-9 King James Version (KJV)
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
1 John 4:11 King James Version (KJV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 4:8-9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:8-9 New Century Version (NCV)
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through him.
1 John 4:11 New Century Version (NCV)
Dear friends, if God loved us that much we also should love each other.
1 John 4:8-9 American Standard Version (ASV)
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.
1 John 4:11 American Standard Version (ASV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:8-9 New International Version (NIV)
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 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.
1 John 4:11 New International Version (NIV)
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:8-9 New King James Version (NKJV)
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
I John 4:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:8-9 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.] By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:8-9 New Living Translation (NLT)
But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
1 John 4:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
1 John 4:8-9 The Passion Translation (TPT)
The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God, for God is love. The light of God’s love shined within us when he sent his matchless Son into the world so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:11 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Delightfully loved ones, if he loved us with such tremendous love, then “loving one another” should be our way of life!
1 John 4:8-9 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.