1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Berean Standard Bible
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 the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
2 Corinthians 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
Colossians 3:13Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
1 John 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He 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 →