LISTEN
NASB:
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
NIV:
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Observations:
We are to love one another.
Love is from God.
Everyone who loves has been born of God.
Everyone who loves knows God.
Whoever does not love does not know God.
God is love.
Takeaways:
John emphasized love quite a bit in his writing, referring to himself in his gospel as the disciple whom Jesus loved.
Love comes from God, and God is love. If we love, we are born of God and know God.
In the same way, everyone who does not love does not know God, who is love.
