1 John 4:10

1 John 4:10

8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

9 ^aIn this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten ^bSon into the world, that we might live through Him.

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.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Not that (oux oti)

—but that (all oti). Sharp contrast as in John 7:22; II Corinthians 7:9; Philippians 4:17.

We loved (hgaphsamen). First aorist active indicative, but B reads hgaphkamen (perfect active, we have loved).

He (autov). Emphatic nominative (God).

To be the propitiation (ilasmon). Merely predicate accusative in apposition with uion (Son). For the word see I John 2:2; Romans 3:25 for ilasthrion, and for peri see also I John 2:2.

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