1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Cross References
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Romans 3:25Whom God has set forth to be an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood. He did this to declare his righteousness, for in the forbearance of God, he passed over sins of the past;
Romans 8:29For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we might die to sins and live to 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 →