1 John 4:11 - The Message11-12 My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us—perfect love! Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176911 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition11 Beloved, if God loved us so [very much], we also ought to love one another. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible11 Dear friends, if God loved us this way, we also ought to love each other. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version11 Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Ver Capítulo |
My dear friends, I’m not writing anything new here. This is the oldest commandment in the book, and you’ve known it from day one. It’s always been implicit in the Message you’ve heard. On the other hand, perhaps it is new, freshly minted as it is in both Christ and you—the darkness fading away and the True Light already blazing!
My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can’t know him if you don’t love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God.