1 John 4:11

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

12God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

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Cross References

Matthew 18:32then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

John 13:34'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

2 Corinthians 8:8not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

Colossians 3:13forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you — so also ye;

1 John 3:23and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to 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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