Verse 8

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

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 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.
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 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.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 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.
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
  • Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 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.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
  • 1 John 3:6 : 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
  • Eph 2:4 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
  • John 8:54-55 : 54 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: 55 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.