Book of 1 John Chapter 4 Vs. 7

 God Is Love

1 John 4:7 "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God."

let us love... This phrase in verse 7 is the key to the entire section (see verse 21). The original conveys the idea of making sure that love is a habitual practice. He has already written that those who are truly born again do exhibit the characteristic habit of love (2:10-11; 3:14).

Twenty reasons we should love others:

1. To prove that we are of God (1Jhn. 4:7).

2. It proves sonship (1Jhn. 4:7; 5:1-2).

3. It is proof of knowing God (1Jhn. 4:7-8).

4. Because God is love and we should imitate Him as children of God (1Jhn. 4:8, 4:16).

5. God has imparted love to us (1Jhn. 4:9; Rom. 5:5).

6. God sent His Son to make it possible (1Jhn. 4:9; 1Pet. 2:21).

7. That we might live (1Jhn. 4:9, 4:10, 4:14).

8. Because God first loved us (1Jhn. 4:10, 4:19).

9. We have been loved and forgiven so much (1Jhn. 4:10; John 3:16).

10. It is our duty (1Jhn. 4:11).

11. God loved us when we were unlovable (1Jhn. 4:11; Rom. 5:6-10).

12. God dwells in us (1Jhn. 4:12).

13. God’s love is perfected in us (1Jhn. 4:12).

14. Because of the indwelling Spirit (1Jhn. 4:13).

15. We believe in love (1Jhn. 4:16).

16. We dwell in God (1Jhn. 4:16).

17. We are like Him (1Jhn. 4:17).

18. It proves we love God (1Jhn. 4:20).

19. It is a command (1Jhn. 4:21; 5:2).

20. It is natural as sons of God (1Jhn. 5:1-2).

Of God (ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ)

Flows from God.

every one that... Those who are born again receive God's nature (2Pet. 1:4). Since God's nature exhibits love as a chief characteristic (see also verse 8), God's children will also reflect that love.

Since the importance of love is the subject here, He says beloved. We Christians are the beloved of God. One of the main things that separate the Christians from the world is the great love that we have for our brothers and sisters in Christ. God not only loves, but is love itself. When we are born of God, we are born of His love.

To explain the love of God for us would be like trying to explain life itself. The word "loveth" means continues to love. One of the great things I believe about the United States is the fact that we are concerned about the problems of people of every race. When there is famine, we try to help. When there is a devastating earthquake, we try to help.

We are a loving caring nation. That makes me believe there is still hope for our nation to come back to God, and be the Christian nation we started out to be.

Discerning The God of Love

The writer now returned to the subject of love which, like faith in God’s Son (1Jhn. 4:13), is a product of the Spirit. As a confession of the incarnate person of Christ marks one off as being actuated by God (i.e., from God, 1Jhn. 4:4, 4:6) so does love, since love comes from God. Hence, one who loves in the Christian sense of that term has been born of God (cf. 1Jhn. 2:29; 3:9; 5:1, 5:4, 5:18) and he knows God. Love stems from a regenerate nature and also from fellowship with God which issues in knowing Him (see 1Jhn. 2:3-5).