1 John 4:7
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Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
In other translations
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Greek words
Ἀγαπητοί,AgapētoiBeloved,G27ἀγαπῶμενagapōmenwe may loveG25ἀλλήλους,allēlousone another,G240ὅτιhotibecauseG3754ἡhē<the>G3588ἀγάπηagapēloveG26ἐκekfromG1537τοῦtou<the>G3588θεοῦtheouGodG2316ἐστινestinisG1510καὶkaiandG2532πᾶςpaseveryoneG3956ὁhowhoG3588ἀγαπῶνagapōnis lovingG25ἐκekfromG1537τοῦtou<the>G3588θεοῦtheouGodG2316γεγέννηταιgegennētaihas been bornG1080καὶkaiandG2532γινώσκειginōskeiknowsG1097τὸνton<the>G3588θεόν·theonGod;G2316
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Related verses
- 1 John 4:20-5:1If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- 1 John 2:10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9-109 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. 10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
- 2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- 1 John 4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
- 1 John 3:10-2310 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother. 11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. 13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
- 1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
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