1 John 4:10

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1 John 4:10

The love consists not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 2:2

He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ himself died once for all, for sin, an upright man for unrighteous men, to bring us to God, and was physically put to death, but he was made alive in the Spirit.

1 John 3:1

Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are??ecause it has never come to know him.

John 3:16

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

It was not you who chose me, it is I that have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit??ruit that shall be lasting, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask him for as my followers.

Romans 3:25-26

For God showed him publicly dying as a sacrifice of reconciliation to be taken advantage of through faith. This was to vindicate his own justice (for in his forbearance, God passed over men's former sins)??26 to vindicate his justice at the present time, and show that he is upright himself, and that he makes those who have faith in Jesus upright also.

Romans 5:8-10

But God proves his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us when we were still sinners.

Romans 8:29-30

For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;

Ephesians 2:4-5

But God is so rich in mercy that because of the great love he had for us,

Titus 3:3-5

For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

1 Peter 2:24

He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 John 4:8-9

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

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1 John 4:10

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

Herein

1 John 4:8

1 John 3:1

Not

And sent

General references

1 John 4:19

Bible References

Herein

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are??ecause it has never come to know him.

Not

We love because he loved us first.

But God proves his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us when we were still sinners.

For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;

But God is so rich in mercy that because of the great love he had for us,

For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

And sent

He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world.

He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.

For Christ himself died once for all, for sin, an upright man for unrighteous men, to bring us to God, and was physically put to death, but he was made alive in the Spirit.

General references

These two commands sum up the whole of the Law and the Prophets."

For the Son of Man has come to search for what was lost and to save it."

No one can show greater love than by giving up his life for his friends.

Your love for the brotherhood must continue.

We love because he loved us first.