10 In this is love, anot that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son bto be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, aif God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Seeing God Through Love
12 aNo one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
13 aBy this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
14 And awe have seen and testify that bthe Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
15 aWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ahe who abides in love abides in God, and God bin him.
The Consummation of Love
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that awe may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
19 aWe love1 Him because He first loved us.
Obedience by Faith
20 aIf someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen,1 how can he love God bwhom he has not seen?
21 And athis commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Barnes' Notes for 1 John 4:12.
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