5 aThey are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and bthe world hears them.
6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. aBy this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Knowing God Through Love
7 aBeloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who bloves is born of God and knows God.
8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 aIn this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten bSon into the world, that we might live through Him.
10 In this is love, anot that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son bto be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, aif God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Seeing God Through Love
12 aNo one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
13 aBy this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Barnes' Notes for 1 John 4:7.
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