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He who doesn`t love doesn`t know God, for God is love.
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God IS Love
Commentators emphasize that this verse reveals God's core nature. Love isn't just something God does; it's who He is. As the Expositor's Bible Commentary notes, this means every one of God's activities is a loving activity. Scholars clarify that this statement isn't reversible; John isn't saying 'love is God,' but that love is the very essence of God's being, alongside His nature as light and spirit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that loves not, knows not God. He has no true acquaintance with God, no correct views of Him, and no proper feelings towards Him. The r…
He that loveth not (ο μη αγαπων). Present active articular participle of αγαπαω "keeps on not loving."
Knoweth not …
19th Century
Anglican
THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST (1 John 4:7–21).
Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God…
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Baptist
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…
Conversely, whoever does not love does not “know” God at all, for God in his very nature is love. To the statements, then, that God is light (1:5) …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that does not love, does not know God If a man does not love the children of God, those that are born of him, he …
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The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. The one who does not love the image of God in His people has no saving knowledge of God. For it is God's n…
