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1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

In Context

10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

12No one hath ever seen God. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32Then his lord, having called him, saith to him, Thou wicked servant! All that debt I forgave thee because thou didst beseech me;

John 13:34A new commandment I give you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by way of command, but by reason of the earnestness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.

Colossians 3:13bearing with each other, and forgiving each other, if any one have a complaint against another; even as Christ freely forgave you, do ye also freely forgive;

1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and should love one another, as he gave commandment.

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 →

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