1 John 4:11

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

John 15:12-13 "“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you."
Colossians 3:13 "bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do."
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another."
1 John 3:23 "This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded."
Luke 10:37 "He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”"
1 John 3:16-17 "By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers."
2 Corinthians 8:8-9 "I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love."
Ephesians 4:31 "Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice."

Commentary

God's love to us is the grand motive for our love to one another (Jo1 3:16). if--as we all admit as a fact. we . . . also--as being born of God, and therefore resembling our Father who is love. In proportion as we appreciate God's love to us, we love Him and also the brethren, the children (by regeneration) of the same God, the representatives of the unseen God.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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