Verse 8

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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 John.4.8", "source": "Ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν Θεόν· ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν.", "text": "The [one] *mē* *agapōn* *ouk* *egnō* the *Theon*; because the *Theos* *agapē* *estin*.", "grammar": { "*mē*": "negative particle - not", "*agapōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - loving/one who loves", "*ouk*": "negative particle - not", "*egnō*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - knew/has known", "*Theon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - God", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*agapē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - love", "*estin*": "present indicative, 3rd singular - is" }, "variants": { "*agapōn*": "loving/one who loves", "*egnō*": "knew/has known/has come to know", "*agapē*": "love/divine love/selfless love" } }

• 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.

• 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 known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
• 1 John 1:5 : 5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
• Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful 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 from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• 1 John 2:4 : 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
• 1 John 2:9 : 9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.
• 1 John 3:6 : 6 Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.
• Eph 2:4 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His 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 honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God: 55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.