1 John 4:11
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.
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.
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.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath 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 ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Read in contextColossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Read in contextJohn 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Read in context1 John 3:23
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Read in contextLuke 10:37
And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
Read in context1 John 3:16–17
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:8–9
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Read in contextEphesians 4:31–5:2
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
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