1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and that he sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also should love one another.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:7Yahweh did not set his love upon you or choose you because you were more in number than any people—for you were the fewest of all peoples—
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 3:25For God provided Christ Jesus as a propitiation through faith in his blood. He offered Christ as proof of his justice, because of his disregard of previous sins
Romans 8:29Because those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Ephesians 2:4But God is rich in mercy because of his great love with which he loved us.
1 Peter 2:24He himself carried our sins in his body to the tree, so that we would have no more part in sin, and so that we would live for righteousness. By his bruises 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 →