1 John 4:11

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

Revised King James 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 the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

12No man has seen God at any time, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me:

John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, so you also love one another.

2 Corinthians 8:8I do not speak this as a commandment, but to use the zeal of others to test the sincerity of your own love.

Colossians 3:13Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another. If any man has a complaint against another; just as Christ forgave you, so you do the same.

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 commanded us.

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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