1 John 4:19 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁹ We love Him because He first loved us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ We love him, because he first loved us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ We love Him, because He first loved us.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ We love, because he first loved us.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ We love because God first loved us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us.

1 John 4:19 Cross References

Luke 7:47

“Therefore I say to you, her many sins have been forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, he 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 remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name He might give you.

John 3:16

“For Elohim so loved the world that He gave His only brought-forth Son, so that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but possess everlasting life.

Galatians 5:22

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

1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we loved Elohim, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning offering for our sins.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love Elohim,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love Elohim whom he has not seen?