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1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10 · World English Bible
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1 John 4:10 in other translations
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
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In context
7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
9 By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.
10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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