1 John 4:8–19

8 sHe that loveth not tknoweth not God; for uGod is love. 9 vIn this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that wGod sent his only begotten Son into the world, xthat we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, ynot that we loved God, but zthat he loved us, and sent his Son to be athe propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, bwe ought also to love one another. 12 cNo man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, dGod dwelleth in us, and ehis love is perfected in us. 13 fHereby know we that gwe ddwell in him, and he in us, gbecause he hath given us of his Spirit.

14 And hwe have seen and ido testify that jthe Father sent the Son to be kthe Saviour of the world. 15 lWhosoever shall confess mthat Jesus is the Son of God, dGod dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed nthe love that God hath to us. oGod is love; and he that dwelleth in love ddwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 eHerein is †our love made perfect, that pwe may have boldness qin the day of judgment: because ras he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but sperfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth eis not made perfect in love. 19 tWe love him, because he first loved us.

Sign up for the Verse of the Day

Get beautiful Bible art delivered to your inbox. We’ll send you a new verse every day to download or share.

s	ch. 3:10.
t	ch. 3:6. So ch. 2:4.
u	ver. 16. So ver. 7. 2 Cor. 13:11.
v	So ver. 16 (Gk.). See ch. 3:16.
w	See John 3:16.
x	So ch. 5:11.
y	So John 15:16. Rom. 5:8, 10. ver. 19.
z	So ch. 3:1. See 2 Thess. 2:16.
a	See ch. 2:2.
b	See John 13:34. Comp. Matt. 18:33.
c	ver. 20. See John 1:18.
d	See ch. 2:24.
e	See ch. 2:5. So ver. 18.
f	So ch. 2:5.
g	ch. 3:24. Comp. John 5:38.
d	See ch. 2:24.
g	ch. 3:24. Comp. John 5:38.
h	See ch. 1:1.
i	See ch. 1:2.
j	John 3:17. See Matt. 18:11.
k	John 4:42. So 1 Tim. 4:10. See ch. 2:2.
l	See ver. 2. Comp. ch. 2:23.
m	ch. 5:5. See Matt. 14:33.
d	See ch. 2:24.
n	So ver. 9 (Gk.).
o	ver. 8.
d	See ch. 2:24.
e	See ch. 2:5. So ver. 18.
†	Gr. love with us. Comp. Matt. 1:23.
p	ch. 2:28 (Gk.). See ch. 3:21. Comp. James 2:13.
q	See Judith 16:17.
r	ch. 3:3. So ch. 2:6.
s	So Ecclus. 25:12. See Rom. 8:15.
e	See ch. 2:5. So ver. 18.
t	See ver. 10.