1 John 4:10 - Forerunner Commentary

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.

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.

Verse Comparison: 1 John 4:10

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American Standard Version
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son `to be' the propitiation for our sins.

Amplified® Bible
In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins.

Contemporary English Version
Real love isn't our love for God, but his love for us. God sent his Son to be the sacrifice by which our sins are forgiven.

Darby English Version
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

Good News Bible
This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.

International Standard Version
This is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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

New American Standard Bible
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.

New International Version
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

New King James Version
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
In this we see love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to serve as the propitiation for our sins.

Young's Literal Translation
in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

New English Translation
In this¹ is love: not that² we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice³ for our sins.

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