1 John 4:8-16

Murdock(i) 8 Because God is love; and whoever loveth not, doth not know God. 9 By this was the love of God towards us made known, because God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we by him might live. 10 In this is love; it was not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins. 11 My beloved, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one hath ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 And by this we know, that we abide in him and that he abideth in us, because he hath given of his Spirit to us. 14 And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father hath sent his Son, a Redeemer for the world. 15 Whoever confesseth Jesus to be the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he abideth in God. 16 And we have believed and known the love, which God hath towards us: for God is love, and whoever abideth in love, abideth in God.