1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
Noyes Bible
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 the only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him may not perish, but may have everlasting life.
Romans 3:25whom, in his blood, through faith, God hath set forth as a propitiatory sacrifice, in order to manifest his righteousness, on account of his passing by, in his forbearance, the sins committed in former times;
Romans 8:29For he determined beforehand that those whom he foreknew should be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
Ephesians 2:4but God, who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, gave to us,
1 Peter 2:24who himself bore our sins in his own body on the cross, 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 →