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1 John 4:10

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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.

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 another.

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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BSB
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
KJV
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
WEB
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
ASV
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
DARBY
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
BLB
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son [as] a propitiation for our sins.
ÅB
Dere dette er kjærligheten, ikke at vi har elsket Gud, men at han har elsket oss og sendt sin Sønn til soning for våre synder.
OTB
Dette er kjærlighet: ikke at vi har elsket Gud, men at Han elsket oss og sendte sin Sønn til å være soning for våre synder.
B1930
I dette er kjærligheten, ikke at vi har elsket Gud, men at han har elsket oss og sendt sin Sønn til soning for våre synder.

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 2:4–5

    But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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  • Romans 5:8–10

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

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  • 1 John 4:19

    We love him, because he first loved us.

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  • 1 John 2:2

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

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  • John 15:16

    Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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  • 1 John 4:8–9

    He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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  • Titus 3:3–5

    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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