1 John 4:8-9 The person who does not love others does not know God as Savior, for the very nature of God is love.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ The person who does not love [others] does not know God [as Savior], for [the very nature of] God is love. ⁹ Here is the way God’s love for us was demonstrated; He sent His one and only Son into the world so that we could have [spiritual] life through Him.