1 John 4:11

Dear friends, since God loved us thus, we, surely, ought to love one another.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10His love is seen in this — not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

12No human eyes have ever seen God, yet, if we love one another, God remains in union with us, and his love attains its perfection in us.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32Upon that the master sent for the servant, and said to him ‘You wicked servant! When you begged me for mercy, I forgave you the whole of that debt.

John 13:34I give you a new commandment — Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.

2 Corinthians 8:8I am not laying a command upon you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.

Colossians 3:13bearing with one another, and, when there is any ground for complaint, forgiving one another freely. As the Master freely forgave you, so you must forgive one another.

1 John 3:23His Command is this — that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave 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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