1 John 4:10

Contextual Overview

⁷ Beloved friends, let us love one another; because love is from God; and everyone who loves has God as his Father and knows God. ⁷ Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God. ⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God. ⁷ Dear friends, let us continually love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.1 John 3:10-11,22;">[xr] ⁷ my beloved, let us love one another, because love is of Aloha; and every one who loveth from Aloha is born, and knoweth Aloha. ⁷ My beloved, let us love one another: because love is from God; and whoever loveth, is born of God and knoweth God. ⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. ⁷ My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God. ⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁷ Beloued, let vs loue one another: for loue commeth of God, & euery one that loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.

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

Herein 8,9; 3:1

not

19; Deuteronomy 7:7,8; John 15:16; Romans 5:8-10; 8:29,30; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Ephesians 2:4,5; Titus 3:3-5

and sent

2:2; Daniel 9:24; Romans 3:25,26; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:2 - Take;  Genesis 22:12 - seeing;  Exodus 40:6 - General;  Leviticus 4:31 - a sweet;  Leviticus 4:35 - and the priest shall make;  Leviticus 23:28 - General;  Deuteronomy 24:22 - General;  Psalm 36:7 - How;  Psalm 47:4 - whom;  Isaiah 9:6 - unto us a son;  Isaiah 53:10 - he hath;  Isaiah 63:9 - in his;  Isaiah 64:4 - have not;  Zechariah 2:8 - sent;  Zechariah 13:7 - smite;  Matthew 7:11 - how;  Mark 9:7 - This;  Luke 1:78 - tender;  Luke 2:14 - good;  Luke 10:37 - Go;  John 1:29 - which;  John 3:12 - heavenly;  John 3:16 - God;  John 8:42 - neither;  John 11:36 - Behold;  John 11:42 - that thou;  Romans 1:3 - his Son;  Romans 4:25 - Who was;  Romans 5:15 - and the gift;  Romans 8:28 - them;  Romans 8:32 - that;  Romans 8:37 - him;  Romans 8:39 - love;  2 Corinthians 5:18 - who;  2 Corinthians 9:15 - his;  Galatians 2:20 - the Son;  Galatians 3:13 - redeemed;  Galatians 4:4 - God;  Ephesians 1:7 - whom;  Colossians 1:20 - having made peace;  2 Thessalonians 2:13 - beloved;  2 Thessalonians 2:16 - which;  1 Timothy 1:14 - with;  1 Timothy 1:15 - that;  1 Timothy 2:6 - gave;  Hebrews 2:9 - by;  James 1:17 - good;  1 Peter 1:20 - but;  1 John 3:16 - perceive;  1 John 4:14 - the Father;  1 John 4:16 - we;  1 John 5:6 - blood;  2 John 1:3 - the Son;  Revelation 1:5 - him

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 3:13
The LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God sayd vnto the woman: Why hast thou done this? And the woman sayde: the serpent begyled me, and I dyd eate.

Genesis 3:13
And the Lorde God saide to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.

Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:13
The Lord God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it."

Genesis 3:13
And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Herein is love,.... The love of God, free love, love that cannot be matched: herein it is manifested, as before; this is a clear evidence of it, an undoubted proof, and puts it out of all question:

not that we loved God: the love of God is antecedent to the love of his people; it was when theirs was not; when they were without love to him, yea, enemies in their minds, by wicked works, and even enmity itself, and therefore was not procured by theirs; but on the contrary, their love to him is caused by his love to them; hence his love, and a continuance in it, do not depend on theirs; nor does it vary according to theirs; wherefore there is good reason to believe it will continue, and never be removed; and this shows the sovereignty and freeness of the love of God, and that it is surprising and matchless:

but that he loved us; that is, God; and so the Syriac version reads, "but that God himself loved us". The Vulgate Latin version adds, first, as in 1 John 4:19; the instance of this love follows:

and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins: this is a subordinate end to the other, mentioned in 1 John 4:9; for, in order that sinful men may possess everlasting life and happiness, it is necessary that their sins be expiated, or atonement be made for them, which is meant by Christ's being a propitiation for them; that the justice of God should be satisfied; that peace and righteousness, or love and justice, should be reconciled together; and kiss each other; and that all obstructions be removed out of the way of the enjoyment of life, which are brought in by sin; and that the wrath of God, which sin deserved, be averted or appeased, according to our sense apprehension of it; for otherwise the love of God people is from everlasting, and is unchangeable, never alters, or never changes from love to wrath, or from wrath to love; nor is the love of God procured by the satisfaction and sacrifice of Christ, which are the effects of it; but hereby the way is laid open for the display of it, and the application of its effects, in a way consistent with the law and justice of God. This phrase is expressive of the great love of Christ to his people, and of his substitution in their room and stead; and so it is used among the Jews for a substitution in the room of others, לרוב אהבתו, "to express the greatness of love"; See Gill on Romans 3:25 and See Gill on Romans 9:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Herein is love - In this great gift is the highest expression of love, as if it had done all that it can do.

Not that we loved God - Not that we were in such a state that we might suppose he would make such a sacrifice for us, but just the opposite. If we had loved and obeyed him, we might have had reason to believe that he would be willing to show his love to us in a corresponding manner. But we were alienated from him. We had even no desire for his friendship and favor. In This state he showed the greatness of his love for us by giving his Son to die for his enemies. See the notes at Romans 5:7-8.

But that he loved us - Not that he approved our character, but that he desired our welfare. Hc loved us not with the love of complacency, but with the love of benevolence.

And sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins - On the meaning of the word “propitiation,” see the notes at Romans 3:25. Compare the notes at 1 John 2:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Not that we loved God - And that he was thereby induced to give his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. No: we were enemies to God, and yet Christ died for our ungodly souls. (See Romans 5:6-11, and the notes there.) So it was God's love, not our merit, that induced him to devise means that his banished might not be expelled from him.