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7Beloved, 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 —

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Cross-References

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  • 1 John 4:20

    If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

  • 1 John 4:8

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

  • 1 Peter 1:22

    Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

  • 1 John 2:10

    He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

  • Galatians 5:22

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-13)

As the Spirit of truth is known by doctrine (thus spirits are to be tried), it is known by love likewise; and so here follows a strong fervent exhortation to holy Christian love: Beloved, let us love one another , 1 John 4:7. The apostle would unite them in his love, that he might unite them in love to each other: “ Beloved , I beseech you, by the love I bear to you, that you put on unfeigned mutu…

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