1 John 4:10
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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“We love him, because he first loved us.”
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,”
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
“We love him, because he first loved us.”