Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said,] I will love you, O LORD, my strength.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have wrought for them that trust in you before the sons of men!

How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him.

But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

God is love

He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.

And he

No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.

And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

General references

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox with hatred.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.