1 John 4:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:10 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Topics

Atheism Atonement Attributes of God Blood Condescension of God Expiation God Godliness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-13)

As the Spirit of truth is known by doctrine (thus spirits are to be tried), it is known by love likewise; and so here follows a strong fervent exhortation to holy Christian love: Beloved, let us love one another, 1 John 4:7. The apostle would unite them in his love, that he might unite them in love to each other: “ Beloved, I beseech you, by the love I bear to you, that you put on unfeigned mutual…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10. 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.