1 John 4:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

We love, because he first loved us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

We love him, because he first loved us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

We love Him, because He first loved us.

American Standard Version (1901)

We love, because he first loved us.

Common English Bible

We love because God first loved us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us.

1 John 4:19 Cross References

Luke 7:47

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 John 4:10

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

1 John 4:20

If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.