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Whoeverὁdoes notμὴloveἀγαπῶνhas notοὐκknownἔγνωGod,τὸν θεόνbecauseὅτιGodὁ θεὸςisἐστίνlove.ἀγάπη
1 John 4:8
Study it in the app“Whoever does not love has not known God, because God is love.”
John says God is love, and his love showed when he sent his SonLove
With the Greek beneath
1 John 4:8, word by word
- loveἀγαπῶνagapōn
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapōn” appears- knownἔγνωegnō
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “egnō” appears- Godθεόνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears
The context
7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 · This verse (above)
9By this the love of God was revealed among us: that God has sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
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?