1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another.
Cross References
John 3:16"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Romans 3:25For God openly set him forth for himself as an offering of atonement through faith, by means of his blood, in order to show forth his righteousness - since in his forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed - to show forth his righteousness,
Romans 8:29For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood;
Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
1 Peter 2:24He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds 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 →