1 John 4:8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.In other versions
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
ASV
He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
BBE
He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
DBY
He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
WEB
he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
YLT
He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
ENG
He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.
WBT
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
BSB
In context
6We 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.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9In 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.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.