8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
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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