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1 John 4:11

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

10In 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.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32Then that servant's master called him, and said to him, 'You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you implored me.

John 13:34I am giving you a new commandment, that you should love one another; as I have loved you, so also you should love one another.

2 Corinthians 8:8I say this not as a command. Instead, I say this in order to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the eagerness of other people.

Colossians 3:13Bear with one another. Be gracious to each other. If someone has a complaint against someone else, forgive in the same way that the Lord has forgiven you.

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