1 JOHN 4:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God — love (agapē) originates in God's nature; its practice indicates new birth (gennao) and knowledge (ginōskō) of the divine. The imperative (agapōmen allelous) flows from theological reality: love is God's character made visible.
Church Fathers on 1 John 4:7
“We are of God.” 1 John 4:6 Let us see why; see whether it be for any other thing than charity. “We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and of error:” namely by this, that he that hears us has the spirit of truth; he that hears not us, has the spirit of error. Let us see what he advises, and let us choose rather to hear him advising in the spirit of truth, and not antichrists, not lovers of the world,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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