# General Information:

John continues to teach about the new nature. He teaches his readers about God's love and loving one another.

# Beloved, do not

"You people whom I love, do not" or "Dear friends, do not." See how you translated this in [1 John 2:7](../02/07.md).

# let us love one another

"believers are to love other believers"

# and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God

"and because those who love their fellow believers have become God's children and know him"

# for love is from God

"because God causes us to love each other"

# born from God

This is a metaphor which means someone has a relationship to God like a child to his father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# The person who does not love does not know God, for God is love

The phrase "God is love" a metaphor which means "the character of God is love." AT: "Those who do not love their fellow believers do not know God because the character of God is to love people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/beloved]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bornagain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]