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Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <a href="/nlt/1_john/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. <a href="/esv/1_john/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. <a href="/bsb/1_john/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <a href="/blb/1_john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Beloved, we should love one another, because love is from God; and everyone loving has been born from God and knows God. <a href="/kjv/1_john/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. <a href="/nkjv/1_john/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. <a href="/nasb_/1_john/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <a href="/nasb/1_john/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. <a href="/nasb77/1_john/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. <a href="/lsb/1_john/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <a href="/amp/1_john/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. <a href="/csb/1_john/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <a href="/hcsb/1_john/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <a href="/asv/1_john/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. <a href="/cev/1_john/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him. <a href="/erv/1_john/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. <a href="/gwt/1_john/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Dear friends, we must love each other because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God. <a href="/gnt/1_john/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God. <a href="/isv/1_john/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Dear friends, let us continuously love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God. <a href="/msb/1_john/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <a href="/net/1_john/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God. <a href="/nheb/1_john/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God. <a href="/wbt/1_john/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. <a href="/wey/1_john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God. <a href="/web/1_john/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_john/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Beloved, may we love one another, because love is of God, and everyone loving has been begotten of God, and knows God; <a href="/blb/1_john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Beloved, we should love one another, because love is from God; and everyone loving has been born from God and knows God. <a href="/ylt/1_john/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God; <a href="/slt/1_john/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Dearly beloved, we should love one another: for love is of God; and every one loving has been born of God, and knows God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_john/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. <a href="/cpdv/1_john/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. <a href="/nabre/1_john/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. <a href="/nrsvce/1_john/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_john/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> My beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one who loves is born of God, and knows God. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_john/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_john/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God: and every one that loves, has been begotten of God, and knows God. <a href="/godbey/1_john/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Beloved, let us love one another with divine love: because divine love is of God; and the one loving with divine love has been born of God, and knows God. <a href="/haweis/1_john/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Beloved, let us love one another; because love is from God, and every one who loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. <a href="/mace/1_john/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. <a href="/wey/1_john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God. <a href="/worrell/1_john/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God. <a href="/worsley/1_john/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. <a href="/parallel/1_john/4-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rlZ5ywDtQGE?start=742" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_john/4.htm">Love Comes from God</a> 6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. 7<a href="/greek/27.htm" title="27: Agapētoi (Adj-VMP) -- From agapao; beloved.">Beloved,</a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: agapōmen (V-PSA-1P) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">let us love</a> <a href="/greek/240.htm" title="240: allēlous (RecPro-AMP) -- One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.">one another,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/26.htm" title="26: agapē (N-NFS) -- From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.">love</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">comes</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pas (Adj-NMS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">Everyone</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who</a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: agapōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">loves</a> <a href="/greek/1080.htm" title="1080: gegennētai (V-RIM/P-3S) -- From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.">has been born</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1097.htm" title="1097: ginōskei (V-PIA-3S) -- A prolonged form of a primary verb; to know in a great variety of applications and with many implications.">knows</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theon (N-AMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34-35</a> A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. / By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” <a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">1 Corinthians 13:4-7</a> Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. / Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. ... <a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-39</a> Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ <a href="/romans/13-8.htm">Romans 13:8-10</a> Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. / The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. <a href="/ephesians/5-1.htm">Ephesians 5:1-2</a> Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, / and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. <a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">1 Peter 1:22</a> Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:9</a> Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. <a href="/colossians/3-14.htm">Colossians 3:14</a> And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity. <a href="/1_john/3-11.htm">1 John 3:11</a> This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. <a href="/1_john/3-23.htm">1 John 3:23</a> And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. <a href="/john/15-12.htm">John 15:12-13</a> This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. / Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. <a href="/2_john/1-5.htm">2 John 1:5-6</a> And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. / And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. <a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Leviticus 19:18</a> Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a> And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.let.<a href="/1_john/4-20.htm">1 John 4:20,21</a> If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? … See on ch.<a href="/1_john/2-10.htm">1 John 2:10</a> He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.<a href="/1_john/3-10.htm">1 John 3:10-23</a> In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother… <a href="/1_john/5-1.htm">1 John 5:1</a> Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.love is.<a href="/1_john/4-8.htm">1 John 4:8</a> He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.<a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6</a> And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,every.<a href="/1_john/4-12.htm">1 John 4:12</a> No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.See on ch.<a href="/1_john/2-29.htm">1 John 2:29</a> If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.<a href="/1_john/3-14.htm">1 John 3:14</a> We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.<a href="/1_john/5-1.htm">1 John 5:1</a> Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.and knoweth.<a href="/john/17-3.htm">John 17:3</a> And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">2 Corinthians 4:6</a> For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<a href="/galatians/4-9.htm">Galatians 4:9</a> But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_john/4-6.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/1_john/3-9.htm">Begotten</a> <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/1_john/3-9.htm">Born</a> <a href="/1_john/4-6.htm">Child</a> <a href="/1_john/4-4.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/1_john/3-23.htm">Love</a> <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-21.htm">Origin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_john/1-5.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/1_john/4-9.htm">Begotten</a> <a href="/1_john/4-11.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/1_john/5-1.htm">Born</a> <a href="/1_john/5-1.htm">Child</a> <a href="/1_john/4-11.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/1_john/4-11.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/1_john/4-8.htm">Love</a> <a href="/1_john/4-11.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/1_john/4-11.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-11.htm">Origin</a><div class="vheading2">1 John 4</div>1. <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">He warns them not to believe all who boast of the Spirit;</a> 7. <a href="/1_john/4-7.htm">and exhorts to brotherly love.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_john/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_john/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Beloved The term "beloved" is a term of endearment used frequently by the Apostle John, reflecting his deep affection for the recipients of his letter. It indicates a close, familial relationship among believers, emphasizing the unity and love that should characterize the Christian community. This term is also used by God the Father to describe Jesus at His baptism (<a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a>), highlighting the divine love that believers are called to emulate.Let us love one another This command is central to the Christian faith and echoes Jesus' teaching in <a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34-35</a>, where He instructs His disciples to love one another as He has loved them. The call to love is not merely an emotional response but an active, selfless commitment to the well-being of others. In the Greco-Roman world, where social hierarchies were rigid, this command was radical, promoting equality and mutual care among all believers.Because love comes from God This phrase establishes the divine origin of true love, distinguishing it from human or worldly love. In the biblical context, God's love is agape, characterized by selflessness, sacrifice, and unconditional commitment. This love was most profoundly demonstrated in the sending of Jesus Christ (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>). The assertion that love comes from God underscores the belief that God is the ultimate source and example of love, and that human love should reflect His nature.Everyone who loves has been born of God This statement connects love with spiritual rebirth, a concept introduced by Jesus in <a href="/john/3-3.htm">John 3:3-7</a>. Being "born of God" implies a transformation that occurs when one accepts Christ, resulting in a new nature that reflects God's character. The ability to love selflessly and sacrificially is evidence of this new birth and the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a>).And knows God To "know God" in this context goes beyond intellectual understanding; it involves an intimate, experiential relationship with Him. This knowledge is relational and transformative, leading to a life that mirrors God's love. The connection between knowing God and loving others is emphasized throughout Scripture, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_corinthians/8-3.htm">1 Corinthians 8:3</a> and <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Philippians 3:10</a>, where knowing God is linked to living out His love and truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/john_the_apostle.htm">John the Apostle</a> The author of 1 John, traditionally identified as John the Apostle, one of Jesus' original twelve disciples. He is known for his emphasis on love and truth in his writings. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_early_church.htm">The Early Church</a> The audience of this letter, likely a group of early Christians facing challenges such as false teachings and internal divisions. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The source of love, as emphasized in this verse. The nature and character of God as love are central to John's message. 4. <a href="/topical/b/believers.htm">Believers</a> Referred to as "Beloved," indicating their relationship with God and each other. They are called to love one another as a reflection of their divine birth and knowledge of God. 5. <a href="/topical/l/love.htm">Love (Agape)</a> The Greek word used here is "agape," which refers to selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love. This is the type of love that believers are called to exhibit.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_source_of_love.htm">The Source of Love</a> Love originates from God, and our ability to love is a reflection of our relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/e/evidence_of_spiritual_birth.htm">Evidence of Spiritual Birth</a> Loving others is evidence that we have been born of God and know Him. It is a mark of true Christian identity. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_action.htm">The Call to Action</a> We are commanded to actively love one another, not just in words but in deeds and truth. <a href="/topical/r/reflecting_god's_character.htm">Reflecting God's Character</a> As believers, we are called to reflect God's love in our interactions, demonstrating His nature to the world. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity.htm">Community and Unity</a> Love fosters unity and strengthens the community of believers, helping to overcome divisions and false teachings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_john_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 John 4</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_meaning_of_'let_us_love_one_another'.htm">What is the meaning of "Let Us Love One Another"?</a> <a href="/q/is_an_object_the_same_if_replaced.htm">What is the meaning of 'Let Us Love One Another'?</a> <a href="/q/what_about_those_without_revelation.htm">What does 'Love One Another as I Have Loved You' mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_can_i_love_others_like_jesus_does.htm">How can I love others like Jesus does?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_john/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST (<a href="/context/1_john/4-7.htm" title="Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.">1John 4:7-21</a>).(a)Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God, because God is love (<a href="/context/1_john/4-7.htm" title="Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.">1John 4:7-8</a>).(b)The grand recent historical exhibition of God's love (<a href="/context/1_john/4-9.htm" title="In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.">1John 4:9-10</a>).(c)Our consequent duty (<a href="/1_john/4-11.htm" title="Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.">1John 4:11</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_john/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 7-21. - God is Love, and love is the surest test of birth from God. From <a href="/1_john/3-11.htm">1 John 3:11, 12</a> St. John renews his exhortations to love, this time at greater length and in closer connexion with the other great subject of this second half of the Epistle, the birth from God. Verse 7. - Beloved (see on verse 1) The address is specially suitable where the subject is love. As before, we must not look for the chief purport of the section in the exhortation with which it opens. Just as "prove the spirits" is subordinate to "every spirit which confesseth," etc., so "let us love one another" is subordinate to "God is Love." (For the history and meaning of the specially Christian term ἀγάπη, see Trench's 'Synonyms of New Testament.') <a href="/commentaries/1_john/4-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Beloved, Ἀγαπητοί (Agapētoi) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_27.htm">Strong's 27: </a> From agapao; beloved. let us love ἀγαπῶμεν (agapōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. one another, ἀλλήλους (allēlous) Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_240.htm">Strong's 240: </a> One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. love ἀγάπη (agapē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_26.htm">Strong's 26: </a> From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. comes ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. Everyone πᾶς (pas) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. who ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. loves ἀγαπῶν (agapōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. has been born γεγέννηται (gegennētai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1080.htm">Strong's 1080: </a> From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate. of ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. knows γινώσκει (ginōskei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. God. Θεόν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_john/4-7.htm">NT Letters: 1 John 4:7 Beloved let us love one another (1J iJ 1Jn i jn 1 jo) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_john/4-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 John 4:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 John 4:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_john/4-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 John 4:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 John 4:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>