God Is Love

1 John 4

7 Beloved, j let us love one another, for love is from God, and k whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 l Anyone who does not love does not know God, because m God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that n God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, o not that we have loved God n but that he loved us and sent his Son to be p the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 q No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and r his love is perfected in us.

13 s By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And t we have seen and testify that u the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of v the world. 15 w Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So x we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. y God is love, and z whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this a is love perfected with us, so that b we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because c as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but d perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not a been perfected in love. 19 e We love because he first loved us. 20 f If anyone says, "I love God," and g hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot 1 love God h whom he has not seen. 21 And i this commandment we have from him: j whoever loves God must also love his brother.

  1. Cross References
    1 John 3:11
    For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  2. Cross References
    1 John 2:29
    If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
  3. Cross References
    1 John 3:10
    By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
  4. Cross References
    1 John 4:16
    So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
    2 Corinthians 13:11
    Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
    1 John 1:5
    This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
    John 4:24
    God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
  5. Cross References
    John 3:16
    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
  6. Cross References
    Romans 5:8
    But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
    Romans 5:10
    For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
  7. Cross References
    1 John 4:9
    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.
  8. Cross References
    1 John 2:2
    He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
  9. Cross References
    1 John 4:20
    If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
    John 1:18
    No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
    1 Timothy 6:16
    Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
  10. Cross References
    1 John 2:5
    But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
  11. Cross References
    1 John 3:24
    Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
  12. Cross References
    1 John 1:1 - 2
    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
  13. Cross References
    John 3:17
    For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
  14. Cross References
    1 John 2:2
    He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
  15. Cross References
    1 John 5:5
    Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
    Romans 10:9
    Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
    Matthew 14:33
    And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God.
  16. Cross References
    John 6:69
    And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.
  17. Cross References
    1 John 4:8
    Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
  18. Cross References
    1 John 4:12
    No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
    1 John 3:24
    Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
  19. Cross References
    1 John 2:5
    But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
  20. Cross References
    1 John 2:28
    And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
    1 John 3:21
    Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
  21. Cross References
    1 John 3:1
    See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
  22. Cross References
    John 3:18
    Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
    Romans 8:15
    For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!
  23. Cross References
    1 John 4:17
    By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
  24. Cross References
    1 John 4:10
    In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
  25. Cross References
    1 John 2:4
    Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
    1 John 3:17
    But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
  26. Cross References
    1 John 2:9
    Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
    1 John 2:11
    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  27. Cross References
    1 John 4:12
    No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
    1 Peter 1:8
    Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.
  28. Cross References
    Galatians 6:2
    Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
  29. Cross References
    1 John 4:7
    Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
    1 John 3:11
    For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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