World English Bible
1 John 4:10
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 John 4
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He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
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By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
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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.
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Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
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No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
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Assurance of salvation and the call to love one another.
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