1 John 4:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”

1 John 4:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 John 4:7 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 John 4:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

1 John 4:7 — World English Bible

1 John 4:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. ”

1 John 4:7 — American Standard Version

1 John 4:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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;”

1 John 4:7 — Young's Literal Translation

1 John 4:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Beloved, let us love one another; because love is ofGod, and every one that loves has been begotten ofGod, and knowsGod. ”

1 John 4:7 — Darby Translation

1 John 4:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Beloued, let vs loue one another: for loue commeth of God, and euery one that loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.”

1 John 4:7 — Geneva Bible

1 John 4:7 in Context — 1 John 4

5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 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.

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What Does 1 John 4:7 Mean?

1 John 4:7 is a verse from the Book of 1 John, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 John chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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