1 John 4

9 God’s love was revealed among us  * 4:9 Or in us in this way: God sent  * 4:9 Mk 9:37 his one and only Son  * 4:9 Jn 1:14,18; 3:16,18 into the world so that we might live  * 4:9 Jn 10:28 through him. 10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us  * 4:10 Jn 3:16 and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice  * 4:10 Or the propitiation,* 4:10 2Co 5:21; 1Jn 2:2 for our sins. 11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.  * 4:11 Jn 13:14; 15:12; Rm 13:8; 1Th 4:9; 1Pt 1:22