The King James Version Bible

1 John 4:8

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

Cross References

  1. Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
  2. This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
  3. 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.
  4. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
  5. For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
  6. But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
  7. Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
  8. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
  9. For our God is a consuming fire.
  10. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  11. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
  12. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
  13. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.