1 John 4:8-9

God Is Love

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.

1. 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.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.