1 John 4:7-11
New King James Version (NKJV)

Knowing God Through Love
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of
God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who
does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this
the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the
world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this
is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we
also ought to love one another.