1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love has never come to know God by experience, because God is love.
2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brothers, goodbye! Practice the perfecting of your characters, keep listening to my appeals, continue thinking in harmony and living in peace, and the loving, peace-giving God will be with you.
1 John 1:5
And this is the message that we have heard from Him and now announce to you: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in Him.
1 John 4:16
So we know by experience and trust the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever continues to love continues in union with God and God in union with him.
John 8:54-55
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, such glory amounts to nothing. It is the Father who glorifies me; and you claim that He is your God.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is so rich in mercy on account of the great love He has for us,
Hebrews 12:29
for our God, indeed, is a consuming fire.
1 John 2:4
Whoever says, "I know Him," but does not practice obedience to His commands is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
1 John 2:9
Whoever claims to be in the light, and yet continues to hate his brother is still in darkness.
1 John 3:6
No one who continues to live in union with Him practices sin. No one who practices sin has ever seen Him or come to know Him.
1 John 4:7
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.