1 JOHN 4:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 2
“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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