But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

Love God - the source of love to our neighbour (1 John 4:11; ; ).

The same - literally, this man; he who loves, not he who 'thinks that he knows,' without "charity" or love (1 Corinthians 8:1).

Is known of him is known with approval; is acknowledged by God as His (; : contrast Matt Is known of him - is known with approval; is acknowledged by God as His (; : contrast ). Or, 'is known of God, so that he knows God' (the antithesis and require this sense). To love is to know God: he who thus knows God has been first known by God (cf. ; ).

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