1 John 4:8-12
1 John 4:8
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:9
By this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him.
1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.