1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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, calling him before him, said to him, Thou vile slave! all that debt I forgave thee, because thou besoughtest me:
John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by commandment, but because of the forwardness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.
Colossians 3:13forbearing one another, and freely forgiving one another, if any man hath a complaint against another: even as Christ hath freely forgiven you, so also do ye.
1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us 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 →