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1 John 4:11

If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another.

Montgomery New Testament

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 sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

12No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32"Immediately his master summoned him and said. "‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me.

John 13:34I give you a new commandment, Love one another!

2 Corinthians 8:8I do not say this by way of command, but by the zeal of others I am trying to prove the reality of your love.

Colossians 3:13bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as Christ the Lord forgave you, so must you forgive.

1 John 3:23His commandment is this, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do.

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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