1 John 4:10 KJV — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

WEB

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.

YLT

in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

DBT

Herein is love, not that we lovedGod, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

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1 John — The aged apostle writes to churches in Asia Minor facing docetic teachers who deny the incarnation. Three tests interweave through five short chapters: walk in the light, love the brethren, confess Jesus come in the flesh.

Author: The apostle John — same author as the Gospel of John and 2/3 John; early church unanimous
Date: Late 1st century, c. AD 85–95, likely written from Ephesus

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Lamb of GodPropitiation — he loved us first.

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41 verses on the floor

1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
Romans 8:28
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.
Ephesians 2:4–5
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Romans 5:8–10
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:32
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

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He loved us, when we had no love for him, when we lay in our guilt, misery, and blood, when we were undeserving, ill-deserving, polluted, and unclean, and wanted to be washed from our sins in sacred blood.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Herein is love--love in the abstract: love, in its highest ideal, is herein. The love was all on God's side, none on ours. not that we loved God--though so altogether worthy of love. he loved us--though so altogether unworthy of love. The Greek aorist expresses, Not that we did any act of love at any time to God, but that He did the act of love to us in sending Christ.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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