1 John 4:10

New International Reader's Version

Here is what love is. It is not that we loved God. It is that he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to pay for our sins.

Cross References

Daniel 9:24

“The Lord has appointed 70 ‘weeks’ for your people and your holy city. During that time, acts against God’s law will be stopped. Sin will come to an end. And the evil things people do will be paid for. Then everyone will always do what is right. Everything that has been made known in visions and prophecies will come true. And the Most Holy Room in the temple will be anointed.

John 13:34

“I give you a new command. Love one another. You must love one another, just as I have loved you.

John 15:16

You did not choose me. Instead, I chose you. I appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit that will last. I also appointed you so that the Father will give you what you ask for. He will give you whatever you ask for in my name.

John 3:16

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Everyone who eats some of this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give it for the life of the world.”

Hebrews 2:17

So he had to be made like people, fully human in every way. Then he could serve God as a kind and faithful high priest. And then he could pay for the sins of the people by dying for them.

1 Peter 2:24

“He himself carried our sins” in his body on the cross. (Isaiah 53:5) He did it so that we would die as far as sins are concerned. Then we would lead godly lives. “His wounds have healed you.” (Isaiah 53:5)

1 Peter 3:18

Christ also suffered once for sins. The one who did what is right suffered for those who don’t do right. He suffered to bring you to God. His body was put to death. But the Holy Spirit brought him back to life.

1 John 2:2

He gave his life to pay for our sins. But he not only paid for our sins. He also paid for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 3:1

See what amazing love the Father has given us! Because of it, we are called children of God. And that’s what we really are! The world doesn’t know us because it didn’t know him.

1 John 4:19

We love because he loved us first.

1 John 5:11

Here is what God says about the Son. God has given us eternal life. And this life is found in his Son.