en_tn_condensed/1jn/04/07.md

# General Information:

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

# Beloved

"You people whom I love" or "Dear friends." 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]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`John continues to teach about the new nature. He teaches his readers about God's love and loving one another.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Beloved`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"You people whom I love" or "Dear friends." See how you translated this in [1 John 2:7](../02/07.md).`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# let us love one another`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"believers are to love other believers"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"and because those who love their fellow believers have become God's children and know him"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# for love is from God`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"because God causes us to love each other"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# born from God`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`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]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The person who does not love does not know God, for God is love`
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added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`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]]`