1 John 4:11
9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
10 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.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- KJV
- Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
- WEB
- Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
- ASV
- Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- DARBY
- Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- BLB
- Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- ÅB
- Dere elskede! har Gud elsket oss så, da er og vi skyldige å elske hverandre.
- OTB
- Kjære elskede, siden Gud har elsket oss på denne måten, bør vi også elske hverandre.
- B1930
- I elskede! har Gud elsket oss så, da er og vi skyldige å elske hverandre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:12–13
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Read in contextColossians 3:13
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Read in contextJohn 13:34
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
Read in context1 John 3:23
And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
Read in contextLuke 10:37
“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
Read in context1 John 3:16–17
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:8–9
I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
Read in contextEphesians 4:31–5:2
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
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