1 John 4:11
Dear ones, since God loved us in this way we are obligated to love one another, really.
Family 35 New Testament
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 summoning him the lord says to him: ‘Malignant servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
John 13:34“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you —that you also love one another.
2 Corinthians 8:8I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.
Colossians 3:13bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if anyone should have a complaint against another—just as the Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
1 John 3:23Now this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded.
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 →