God's Love Unfathomable
H. W. Beecher. 1 John 4:8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. I know what it means to love; but I have no conception what love is when it rolls in the bosom of an infinite God. I know what light is as it shines from my candle, but do I know what the sun is from that? I know what water is when I take a drop of it in my tumbler, but do I know the thunder of the ocean from that? I know that when I see God He will be wise; but how little do I know of the wisdom of God? I know that He will be a God of love, but oh! how little do I know of the extent and grandeur of that love! How imperfect are my slender ideas as means by which to fashion this supremest attribute of the infinite and eternal God. It is by these qualities that I know my God; but I know Him only by specimens — by small samples. My conceptions of Him are imperfect. (H. W. Beecher.) Parallel Verses KJV: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. WEB: He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.