Parallel Verses
King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
New American Standard Bible
The one who does not love does not know God, for
Holman Bible
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
International Standard Version
The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
A Conservative Version
He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
American Standard Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Amplified
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.]
An Understandable Version
The person who does not love [others] does not know God [as Savior], for [the very nature of] God is love.
Anderson New Testament
He that loves not, does not know God; for God is love.
Bible in Basic English
He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
Common New Testament
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
Daniel Mace New Testament
he that has not social affection, does not know God; for God is love.
Darby Translation
He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love.
Godbey New Testament
The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.
Goodspeed New Testament
Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
John Wesley New Testament
He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.
Julia Smith Translation
He not loving knows not God; for God is love.
King James 2000
He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Modern King James verseion
The one who does not love has not known God. For God is love.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.
Moffatt New Testament
he who does not love, does not know God, for God is love.
Montgomery New Testament
He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love.
NET Bible
The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
New Heart English Bible
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
Noyes New Testament
he that loveth not hath not known God; for God is love.
Sawyer New Testament
He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
The Emphasized Bible
He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
He that loveth not, never knew God; for God is love.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He who does not love has not learned to know God; for God is Love.
Webster
He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.
Weymouth New Testament
He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of God; because God is love.
Williams New Testament
Whoever does not love has never come to know God by experience, because God is love.
World English Bible
He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
Worrell New Testament
He that loves not never knew God; because God is love.
Worsley New Testament
He, that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.
Youngs Literal Translation
he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
Themes
God » Is declared to be » Love
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Want of love
John, beloved disciple » Facts concerning » Learned the lesson of love in the school of Christ
Knowledge » Who does not know God
Interlinear
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Usage: 1032
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References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 4:8
Images 1 John 4:8
Prayers for 1 John 4:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love Revealed
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
1 John 1:5
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John 4:16
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Exodus 34:6-7
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Psalm 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalm 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
John 8:54-55
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
1 John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:9
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
1 John 3:6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
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.