"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another." — 1 John 4:11

1 John 4:11 · KJV

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”

— 1 John 4:11

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.

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

1 John 4 — Context

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.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Cross References

John 15:12-13

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Colossians 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. {quarrel: or, complaint}

John 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.

1 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.

Luke 10:37

And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

1 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.

2 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.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: