Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
love God--the source of love to our neighbor (1 John 4:11-12, 1 John 4:20; 1 John 5:2).
the same--literally, "this man"; he who loves, not he who "thinks that he knows," not having "charity" or love (1 Corinthians 8:1-2).
is known of him--is known with the knowledge of approval and is acknowledged by God as His (Psalms 1:6; Galatians 4:9; 2 Timothy 2:19). Contrast, "I never knew you" (Matthew 7:23). To love God is to know God; and he who thus knows God has been first known by God (compare 1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Peter 1:2).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 2:16
Romans 14:2
1 Corinthians 8:1
1 Corinthians 13:12
Galatians 4:9
2 Timothy 2:19
Revelation 2:14
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