New Testament · Epistle
1 John 4:8
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He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
About 1 John 4:8
1 John 4:8 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Agape Love, Brotherly Love, and Christ Love. Found in the epistle of 1 John, this New Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Cross References
- 1 Corinthians 13:4
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
- John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
- Romans 8:38
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,”
- 1 John 4:19
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
- John 15:13
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Related Verses
- John 13:34
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
- Luke 6:32
“For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.”
- 1 John 2:15
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
- 1 John 3:16
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
- 1 John 4:16
“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.”
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How to Apply 1 John 4:8
Meditate on 1 John 4:8 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Agape Love applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.