1 John 4:11

Beloued, if God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes.

12No man hath seene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32Then his Lord called him vnto him, and sayd to him, O euil seruant, I forgaue thee all that dette, because thou prayedst me.

John 13:34A newe commandement giue I vnto you, that ye loue one another: as I haue loued you, that ye also loue one another.

2 Corinthians 8:8This say I not by commandement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.

Colossians 3:13Forbearing one another, and forgiuing one another, if any man haue a quarel to another: euen as Christ forgaue, euen so doe ye.

1 John 3:23This is then his commandement, That we beleeue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another as hee gaue commandement.

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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