AUV(i)
7 Loved ones, we should have love for one another, because love comes from [the very nature of] God, and every person who [continually] loves [others] has been [spiritually] conceived by God [See 2:29; 3:9], and knows [he is in fellowship with] God.
8 The person who does not love [others] does not know God [as Savior], for [the very nature of] God is love.