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 loveth not hath not known God; for God is love.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God l For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Not

We love, because he first loved us.

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

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For he determined beforehand that those whom he foreknew should be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

seeing that in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

but God, who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, gave to us,

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, going astray, slaves to divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

And sent

And he is a propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

whom, in his blood, through faith, God hath set forth as a propitiatory sacrifice, in order to manifest his righteousness, on account of his passing by, in his forbearance, the sins committed in former times;

who himself bore our sins in his own body on the cross, that we, having died to our sins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

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

General references

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

Greater love hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Let brotherly love continue.

We love, because he first loved us.