1 John 4:7-8,12,21
1 John 4:7-10 The Message (MSG)
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. 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. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God.
1 John 4:11-12 The Message (MSG)
My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us—perfect love!
1 John 4:20-21 The Message (MSG)
If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both.
1 John 4:7-8 King James Version (KJV)
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 4:12 King James Version (KJV)
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:21 King James Version (KJV)
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 4:7-8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
1 John 4:7-8 New Century Version (NCV)
Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become God’s child and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:12 New Century Version (NCV)
No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is made perfect in us.
1 John 4:21 New Century Version (NCV)
And God gave us this command: Those who love God must also love their brothers and sisters.
1 John 4:7-8 American Standard Version (ASV)
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 4:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us
1 John 4:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 4:7-8 New International Version (NIV)
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:12 New International Version (NIV)
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
1 John 4:21 New International Version (NIV)
And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
1 John 4:7-8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
I John 4:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
I John 4:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
1 John 4:7-8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. 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.]
1 John 4:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.
1 John 4:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him.
1 John 4:7-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
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. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
1 John 4:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.
1 John 4:7-8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Those who are loved by God, let his love continually pour from you to one another, because God is love. Everyone who loves is fathered by God and experiences an intimate knowledge of him. The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:12 The Passion Translation (TPT)
No one has ever gazed upon the fullness of God’s splendor. But if we love one another, God makes his permanent home in us, and we make our permanent home in him, and his love is brought to its full expression in us.
1 John 4:21 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For he has given us this command: whoever loves God must also demonstrate love to others.
1 John 4:7-8 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:12 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
