10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the *4:10 I.e., means of reconciliation with God by atoning for sins; or sin-offeringpropitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.