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1 John 4:7-8 CEV
(7) My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows that we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.
(8) God is love, and anyone who doesn't love others has never known him.
1 John 4:7-8 GNB
(7) Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.
(8) Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 GW
(7) Dear friends, we must love each other because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.
(8) The person who doesn't love doesn't know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 GNB
(7) Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.
(8) Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:7, 8 NWT
7 Beloved ones, let us continue loving one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born from God and gains the knowledge of God. 8 He that does not love has not come to know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 BBE
(7) My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
(8) He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 ALT
(7) Beloved, let us be loving one another, because love is from God, and every one loving has been begotten from God and knows God.
(8) The one not loving did not know [or, come to know] God, because God is love [or, is as to His essence love].
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation