1 John 4:8 — Community Reflections

1 JOHN 4:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

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

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love (ho theos agapē estin) — the equation of God's essence with love is the NT's boldest ontological claim. Absence of love indicates lack of knowledge (ginōskō) of God. Love is not God's property but his very being.

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James ThorntonNote1mo ago

God Is Love

The simplest sentence in the Bible nearly broke me when I actually read it: 'God is love.' Not God has love or God gives love. God IS love. Love is God's nature. I'd been taught God was justice, God ...