Love One Another

Love One Another

1 John 4:7-8 (NIV)

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.  
Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

It seems John reiterates this point for emphasis.

Apart from the very fundamental truths of the faith, "doctrinal correctness" is not the primary measure of whether one is born of God.

Rather the primary measure is love for fellow Christians.

You'll find plenty of alleged Christians who zealously defend their particular denominational doctrine and make it the standard of salvation, but who also exercise a zealous illegitimate hatred for any Christian outside of their denomination. To the degree to which they behave in this manner, one can confidently say that such alleged Christians have not been "born of God".

The Boston Christian Bible Study Resources (http://www.bcbsr.com/)

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1 John 4:7-8 - Parallel Translations

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

We Love Because God Loved Us

⁷   Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born again because of what God has done. That person knows God.

⁸   Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Today New International Version (TNIV)

God's Love and Ours

⁷   Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.
Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

⁸   Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

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.

New King James Version (NKJV)

Knowing God Through Love

⁷   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God;
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

⁸   He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Amplified Bible (AMP)

⁷   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him].

⁸   He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love.

The Message (MSG)

⁷   My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God.

⁸   The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love - so you can't know him if you don't love.

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

God Is Love

⁷   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God;
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

⁸   The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

American Standard Version (ASV)

⁷   Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

⁸   He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

English Standard Version (ESV)

God Is Love

⁷   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God,
and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

⁸   Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

⁷   My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows that we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.

⁸   God is love, and anyone who doesn't love others has never known him.

New Life Version (NLV)

Loving God Makes Us Love Our Christian Brothers

⁷   Dear friends, let us love each other, because love comes from God. Those who love are God's children and they know God.

⁸   Those who do not love do not know God because God is love.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Loving One Another

⁷   Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

⁸   But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

⁷   Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

⁸   he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

Darby Translation (DARBY)

⁷   Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God,
and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

⁸   He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Knowing God through Love

⁷   Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God,
and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

⁸   The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Wycliffe New Testament (WYC)

⁷   Most dear brethren, love we together, for charity is of God;
and each that loveth his brother, is born of God, and knoweth God.

⁸   He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is charity.

Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE)

⁷   My dear brothers, we must love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves others is God's child and he knows God.

⁸   But anyone who does not love others does not know God, because God is love.