1 John 4:11
Friends, if this is the way God loves us, we ought to love one another like this too.
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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 called the man back in and told him, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you all your debt because you begged me to.
John 13:34I am giving you a new command: Love one another. Love one another in the same way I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 8:8I'm not ordering you to do this, but to prove how sincere your love is in comparison with the dedication of others.
Colossians 3:13Be patient with one another, forgive others among you if you have grievances against one another. Just as the Lord forgave you, you should do the same.
1 John 3:23This is what he commands: we should trust in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us to do.
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 →