1 John 4:11 KJV — MannaFest

1 John 4:11

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

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

DBT

Beloved, ifGod has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

About this book

New Testament

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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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Cross-references

14 verses on the floor

Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
John 15:12–13
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices2

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

The peculiar love of God to the church and to the saints should be productive of a peculiar love there: If God so loved us, we ought surely (in some measure suitably thereto) to love one another. The Christian love is an assurance of the divine inhabitation: If we love one another, God dwelleth in us,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

God's love to us is the grand motive for our love to one another (1Jo 3:16). if--as we all admit as a fact. we . . . also--as being born of God, and therefore resembling our Father who is love.

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

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1JN 4:11JHN 13:34 1PE 1:22
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1JN 4:11JHN 13:34 EPH 5:2
1JN 4:11COL 3:13 EPH 4:32
1JN 4:11JHN 13:34 LEV 19:18
1JN 4:11JHN 13:34 JHN 15:17
1JN 4:11COL 3:13 MRK 11:25
1JN 4:11COL 3:13 JAS 2:13
1JN 4:11COL 3:13 EPH 4:2

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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