1 John 4:7

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1 John 4:7

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.

1 John 4:8

He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of God; because God is love.

1 John 2:29

Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.

Galatians 5:22

The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;

1 John 2:10

He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.

1 John 4:12

No one has ever yet seen God. If we love one another, God continues in union with us, and His love in all its perfection is in our hearts.

1 John 4:20-1

If any one says that he loves God, while he hates his brother man, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother man whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

John 17:3

And in this consists the Life of the Ages--in knowing Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.

Galatians 4:9

Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved?

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10

But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;

2 Timothy 1:7

For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.

1 John 3:10-23

By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.

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Summary

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Let

Love is

1 Peter 1:22

Every

And knoweth

John 17:3

2 Corinthians 4:6

Galatians 4:9

General references

Bible References

Let

If any one says that he loves God, while he hates his brother man, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother man whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.

By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.

Love is

He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of God; because God is love.

The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;

But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;

For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.

Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.

Every

No one has ever yet seen God. If we love one another, God continues in union with us, and His love in all its perfection is in our hearts.

Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.

As for us, we know that we have already passed out of death into Life--because we love our brother men. He who is destitute of love continues dead.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.

And knoweth

And in this consists the Life of the Ages--in knowing Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.

For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.

Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved?

General references

The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments."

No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends.

Let all that you do be done from motives of love.

Let brotherly love always continue.