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Beloved,Ἀγαπητοίlet us loveἀγαπῶμενone another,ἀλλήλουςbecauseὅτιloveἡ ἀγάπηisἐστινfromἐκGod,τοῦ θεοῦandκαὶeveryoneπᾶςwhoὁlovesἀγαπῶνhas been bornγεγέννηταιofἐκGodτοῦ θεοῦandκαὶknowsγινώσκειGod.τὸν θεόν
1 John 4:7
Study it in the app“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
John says God is love, and his love showed when he sent his SonLove
With the Greek beneath
1 John 4:7, word by word
- BelovedἈγαπητοίAgapētoi
beloved
Beloved, dear.
Where else “Agapētoi” appears- let us loveἀγαπῶμενagapōmen
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapōmen” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears- loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- has been bornγεγέννηταιgegennētai
be begotten
Giving life as God does: becoming God's children.
Where else “gegennētai” appears- knowsγινώσκειginōskei
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “ginōskei” appears
The context
6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
7 · This verse (above)
8Whoever does not love has not known God, because God is love.
To study 1 John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does John ask us to do with every spirit, and why (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
John says, "God is love" (v. 8, 16). How does the text show that love, and what does it expect of us (v. 9-11)?
3. How I live it
John writes that perfect love casts out fear (v. 18). What fear would you like to hand to God today?