1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
11Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
Cross References
John 3:16“For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 3:25whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith, by his blood. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins that had previously been committed.
Romans 8:29Because those whom he foreknew he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Ephesians 2:4Yet God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to our sins and live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been 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 →