1 John 4:10

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Summary

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

Titus 3:3

And sent

General references

1 John 4:19

Bible References

Herein

he that has not social affection, does not know God; for God is love.

Consider what proof the father has given us of his love, in allowing us to be called the sons of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it knew him not.

Not

let us love him; since he first loved us.

it was not you that chose me, but I that chose you, and establish'd you, that your travels may be fruitful, and your fruit be lasting: so that whatever ye shall ask of the father for my sake, he will give it you.

but herein hath God displayed his love towards us, in that Christ died for us, even while we were yet sinners.

for whom he before approv'd, he predispos'd to follow the example of his son, who was to conduct them all as their elder brother;

for it is God that has reconciled the world to himself, by Jesus Christ, by not imputing their sins to them; and hath committed to us the gospel of reconciliation.

then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us,

for even we ourselves were once inconsiderate, disobedient, deluded, addicted to variety of passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, the deserving objects of mutual hatred.

And sent

he is the the victim that has expiated our sins: and not ours only, but likewise the sins of the whole world.

whom God had ordained, thro' faith, to be the propitiatory victim by his blood, for the manifestation of his goodness, by patiently passing over their past transgressions: to manifest,

he himself cancel'd our sins by the crucifixion of his body, that we being set free from sin, might live in the service of virtue. it is by his bruises that you were healed:

for Jesus Christ himself has already suffer'd for our sins, the innocent for the guilty, to bring us to God: who, tho' he died with respect to his body, was rais'd to life by that spirit,

General references

these two precepts comprehend the substance of all the law and the prophets.

for the son of man is come to seek, and to save that which was lost.

there cannot be greater love than that of a man, who lays down his life for his friends.

Let brotherly love still reign.

let us love him; since he first loved us.