1 John 4:10 · 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.”
— 1 John 4:10
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.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 4 — Context
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9In 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.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Cross References
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Romans 5:8-10
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
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.
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.
1 John 4:8-9
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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.
1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.