1 John 4:10
And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:7The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
John 3:16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
Romans 3:25Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
Romans 8:29Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
Ephesians 2:4But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,
1 Peter 2:24He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
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 →