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1 John 4:7

NETBible	Dear friends, let us love one another, because¹ love is from God, and everyone who loves² has been fathered³ by God and knows God.
NIV © biblegateway 1Jo 4:7	Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
NASB © biblegateway 1Jo 4:7	Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
NLT © biblegateway 1Jo 4:7	Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
MSG © biblegateway 1Jo 4:7	My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God.
BBE © SABDAweb 1Jo 4:7	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus 1Jo 4:7	Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
NKJV © biblegateway 1Jo 4:7	Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
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KJV	Beloved <27>_, let us love <25> (5725) one another <240>_: for <3754> love <26> is <2076> (5748) of <1537> God <2316>_; and <2532> every one <3956> that loveth <25> (5723) is born <1080> (5769) of <1537> God <2316>_, and <2532> knoweth <1097> (5719) God <2316>_. {is born: Gr. has been born}
NASB © biblegateway 1Jo 4:7	Beloved <27> , let us love <25> one <240> another <240> , for love <26> is from God <2316> ; and everyone <3956> who loves <25> is born <1080> of God <2316> and knows <1097> God <2316> .
NET [draft] ITL	Dear friends <27> , let us love <25> one another <240> , because <3754> love <26> is <1510> from <1537> God <2316> , and <2532> everyone <3956> who loves <25> has been fathered <1080> by <1537> God <2316> and <2532> knows <1097> God <2316> .
GREEK	agaphtoi <27> A-VPM agapwmen <25> (5725) V-PAS-1P allhlouv <240> C-APM oti <3754> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF agaph <26> N-NSF ek <1537> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM estin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3S kai <2532> CONJ pav <3956> A-NSM o <3588> T-NSM agapwn <25> (5723) V-PAP-NSM ek <1537> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM gegennhtai <1080> (5769) V-RPI-3S kai <2532> CONJ ginwskei <1097> (5719) V-PAI-3S ton <3588> T-ASM yeon <2316> N-ASM

NETBible

Dear friends, let us love one another, because¹ love is from God, and everyone who loves² has been fathered³ by God and knows God.

NET Notes

¹tn This ὅτι (Joti) is causal, giving the reason why the readers, as believers, ought to love one another: because love comes from God. The next clause, introduced by καί (kai), does not give a second reason (i.e., is not related to the ὅτι clause), but introduces a second and additional thought: Everyone who loves is fathered by God and knows God.

²tn As in 2:23 and 3:4, the author uses πᾶς (pas) with the present articular participle as a generalization to describe a category of people.

²sn From the author’s “either/or” perspective (which tends to see things in terms of polar opposites) the use of a generalization like everyone who presents a way of categorizing the opponents on the one hand and the recipients, whom the author regards as genuine Christians, on the other. Thus everyone who loves refers to all true Christians, who give evidence by their love for one another that they have indeed been begotten by God and are thus God’s children. The opposite situation is described in the following verse, 4:8, where (although everyone [πᾶς, pas] is omitted) it is clear that a contrast is intended.

³tn The verb γεννάω (gennaw) in this context means to be fathered by God and thus a child of God. The imagery in 1 John is that of the male parent who fathers children (see especially 3:9 and 5:1).