9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only*4:9 Or only begotten or unique Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. 10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice*4:10 Or as a propitiation for our sins.

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