Verse 8

The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud; for Gud er kjærlighet.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud; for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Norsk King James

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud; for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den som ikke elsker, har ikke kjent Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den som ikke elsker, har ikke kjent Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Den som ikke elsker, har ikke kjent Gud; for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvo, som ikke elsker, kjender ikke Gud; thi Gud er Kjærlighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den som ikke elsker, har ikke kjent Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den som ikke elsker, kjenner ikke Gud; for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Den som ikke elsker, har ikke kjent Gud, for Gud er kjærlighet.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Hee that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.
• 1 John 1:5 : 5 This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
• Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
• 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
• 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon You.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. 7 Maintaining steadfast love to thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin, but not leaving the guilty unpunished. He punishes the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."
• 1 John 2:4 : 4 Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.
• 1 John 2:9 : 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.
• 1 John 3:6 : 6 No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
• Eph 2:4 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us,
• Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
• John 8:54-55 : 54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, whom you claim as your God. 55 Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I know him and I keep his word.