1 John 4:11
Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Catholic Public Domain 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 called him, and he said to him: ‘You wicked servant, I forgave you all your debt, because you pleaded with me.
John 13:34I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.
2 Corinthians 8:8I am speaking, not commanding. But through the solicitude of others, I approve of the good character of your charity.
Colossians 3:13Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.
1 John 3:23And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
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 →