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1 John 4:8

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

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  1. 1 John 4:6

    We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  2. 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.

  3. 1 John 4:9

    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.

  4. 1 John 4:10

    Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.