1 John 4:8
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4:8The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.20
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- 20 The author proclaims in 4:8 ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν (ho theos agapē estin), but from a grammatical standpoint this is not a proposition in which subject and predicate nominative are interchangeable (“God is love” does not equal “love is God”). The predicate noun is anarthrous, as it is in two other Johannine formulas describing God, “God is light” in 1 John 1:5 and “God is Spirit” in John 4:24. The anarthrous predicate suggests a qualitative force, not a mere abstraction, so that a quality of God’s character is what is described here.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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NLTNew Living Translation
But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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