1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 18:32Then his lord having summoned him, he says to him, Thou evil bondman, I forgave thee all that debt because thou besought me.
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not from commandment, but because of the zeal of others, also examining the genuineness of your love.
Colossians 3:13forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,
1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other, just as he gave command.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:8-14
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one… Read the whole commentary →