1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 called him and said to him: Wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you besought me.
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
2 Corinthians 8:8I do not speak this as a commandment, but on account of the zeal of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Colossians 3:13bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any one have a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do you:
1 John 3:23And this is his commandment: That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
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 →