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.

1 John 2:2

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are! The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 4:19

We love because he first loved us.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

Romans 3:25-26

whom God put forward as an atoning sacrifice by his blood, to be received through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over sins committed beforehand;

Romans 5:8-10

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Romans 8:29-30

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Ephesians 2:4-5

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Titus 3:3-5

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

1 John 4:8-9

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Bible References

Herein

1 John 4:8
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 3:1
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are! The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Not

1 John 4:19
We love because he first loved us.
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
Romans 8:29
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
2 Corinthians 5:19
that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another.

And sent

1 John 2:2
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Romans 3:25
whom God put forward as an atoning sacrifice by his blood, to be received through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over sins committed beforehand;
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;

General references

Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
1 John 4:19
We love because he first loved us.