This is another "love" chapter and is not as popular as I Corinthians 13.
This portion focuses on God's love. "Love" is the very nature of God, which the author states twice as "God is love" (vv. 8 and 16). The author provides an example of this kind of love in verse 10, that God sent his only Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Some characteristics about love the author points out:
Whoever lives in love lives in God (v. 16)
Perfect love drives out fear (v. 18)
If God abides in us, then we will have love for others. (v. 20).
Love for another is a measure of living a walk of faith. (vv. 20-21).
A question that opens up is what about people who have love for their fellow men, but seem to have no faith in Jesus? After all, there are good examples of humanitarianism of people who do not claim to be Christian.
This is an area I ponder for which do not have a ready answer. In short, I don't know.
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