1 John 4:11

My dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

In Context

10In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32Then his lord called him; and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:

John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not as commanding; but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity.

Colossians 3:13Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another: even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also.

1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ: and love one another, as he hath given commandment unto 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 →

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