Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
him—omitted in the oldest manuscripts. Translate, We (emphatical: WE on our part) love (in general: love alike Him, and the brethren, and our fellow men), because He (emphatical: answering to "we"; because it was He who) first loved us in sending His Son (Greek aorist of a definite act at a point of time). He was the first to love us: this thought ought to create in us love casting out fear (I John 4:18).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 John 4:19:
Song of Solomon 1:3
1 Corinthians 2:9
2 Corinthians 1:5
Ephesians 5:1
1 John 4:2
1 John 4:7
1 John 4:12
1 John 4:12
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