God Is Love
7 Beloved, ch. 3:11let us love one another, for love is from God, and ch. 2:29whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 ch. 3:10Anyone who does not love does not know God, because ver. 16;2 Cor. 13:11;[ch. 1:5;John 4:24]God is love.
16 So John 6:69we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. See ver. 8God is love, and ver. 12;ch. 3:24whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 19 ver. 10We love because he first loved us. 20 ch. 2:4;3:17If anyone says, "I love God," and ch. 2:9,11hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot4:20 Some manuscripts how can he love God ver. 12;[1 Pet. 1:8]whom he has not seen. 21 And Gal. 6:2this commandment we have from him: ver. 7;ch. 3:11whoever loves God must also love his brother.