1 John 4:8-10 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. ⁹ God's love for us has been revealed in this way—that God has sent his only Son into the world, to let us have life through him. ¹⁰ The love consists not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.