1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 18:32Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
Colossians 3:13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
1 John 3:23This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
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 →