Behold what love the father hath showed on us, that we should be called the sons of God. For this cause the world knoweth you not; because it knoweth not him.

{To the Chanter, of David, servant of the Lord, which said unto the Lord the words of this song, on the day in which the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and said} I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men!

How excellent is thy mercy, O God! And the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

For since the beginning of the world there was none except thou, O God, that heard or perceived; neither hath any eye seen what thou doest, for them that put their trust in thee.

But as it is written, "The eye hath not seen, and the ear hath not heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

God is love

And he that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.

And he

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.

And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And thereby we know that there dwelleth in us of his spirit, which he gave us.

General references

Better is a mess of pottage with love; than a fat ox with evil will.

And my people shall dwell in the inns of peace, in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is enough in them all.

Hereby know we, that we abide in him, and he in us: For he hath given us of his spirit.