Parallel Verses
Amplified
Beloved, let us [unselfishly]
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Holman Bible
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God
International Standard Version
Dear friends, let us continuously love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.
A Conservative Version
Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
American Standard Version
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
An Understandable Version
Loved ones, we should have love for one another, because love comes from [the very nature of] God, and every person who [continually] loves [others] has been [spiritually] conceived by God [See 2:29; 3:9], and knows [he is in fellowship with] God.
Anderson New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God: and every one that loves, has been begotten of God, and knows God.
Bible in Basic English
My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
Common New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God.
Darby Translation
Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God: and every one who loves, has been begotten by God, and knows God.
Godbey New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another with divine love: because divine love is of God; and the one loving with divine love has been born of God, and knows God.
Goodspeed New Testament
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God, and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
John Wesley New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Julia Smith Translation
Dearly beloved, we should love one another: for love is of God; and every one loving has been born of God, and knows God.
King James 2000
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
Modern King James verseion
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God. And all that love are born of God, and knoweth God.
Moffatt New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another, for love belongs to God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God;
Montgomery New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loves us a child of God.
NET Bible
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
New Heart English Bible
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
Noyes New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and every one that loveth hath been born of God, and knoweth God;
Sawyer New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born of God and knows God.
The Emphasized Bible
Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another; because love is from God, and every one who loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Dear friends, let us love one another, because Love comes from God; and every one who loves has received the new Life from God and knows God.
Webster
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Weymouth New Testament
Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.
Williams New Testament
Dearly beloved, let us practice loving one another, because love originates with God, and everyone who practices loving is a child of God and knows God by experience.
World English Bible
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
Worrell New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
Worsley New Testament
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Youngs Literal Translation
Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;
Themes
Brotherly love » Special teachings concerning » Fervent
Character transformed » Becomes the apostle of love
Conversion » Characters transformed by » Becomes the apostle of love
Holy spirit » Regenerating » By the word of God
John, beloved disciple » Facts concerning » Learned the lesson of love in the school of Christ
Knowledge » Who knows the lord
Love » Love, brotherly special teachings concerning » Fervent
Love » Special teachings concerning » Fervent
New » Birth » By the word of God
New Birth » Evidenced by » Brotherly love
Rebirth/being born again » Who is born of God
Regeneration » The teaching concerning » By the word of God
Topics
Interlinear
Ek
ἐκ ἐξ
Ek
Usage: 709
theos
θεός
theos
Usage: 1151
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 4:7
Prayers for 1 John 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love Revealed
6
We [who teach God’s word] are from God [energized by the Holy Spirit], and whoever knows God [through personal experience] listens to us [and has a deeper understanding of Him]. Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know [without any doubt] the spirit of truth [motivated by God] and the spirit of error [motivated by Satan].
7 Beloved, let us [unselfishly]
Cross References
1 John 4:8
The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]
1 John 2:29
If you know that He is absolutely righteous, you know [for certain] that everyone who practices righteousness [doing what is right and conforming to God’s will] has been born of Him.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
1 John 2:10
The one who
1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.
1 John 4:20-1
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Deuteronomy 30:6
“And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants [that is, He will remove the desire to sin from your heart], so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live [as a recipient of His blessing].
John 17:3
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the face of Christ.
Galatians 4:9
Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write you, for you have been [personally] taught by God to love one another [that is, to have an unselfish concern for others and to do things for their benefit].
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].
1 Peter 1:22
Since by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a sincere love of the believers, [see that you] love one another from the heart [always unselfishly seeking the best for one another],
1 John 3:10-23
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly]