1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, a propitiation for our sins.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Cross References
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes on him, should not perish, but may have everlasting life.
Romans 3:25whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith by his blood, for the exhibition of his righteousness, because of the passing over of the sins before committed in the forbearance of God;
Romans 8:29Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
Ephesians 2:4but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, made us,
1 Peter 2:24who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, having died to our sins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
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 →