1 John 4:19

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We love because he loved us first.

Cross References

1 John 4:10

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to purify us from our sins.

John 15:16

You didn’t choose me, I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit that would endure, so that you would receive from the Father anything you ask for in my name.

John 3:16

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

Luke 7:47

So I tell you this: Her many sins have been forgiven, as her acts of great love have shown. But whoever has been forgiven only a little loves only a little.”

Galatians 5:22

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

1 John 4:20

If anyone claims to love God but they hate a brother or sister, they’re a liar. If they don’t love their brother or sister, even though they’ve seen them, they can’t claim to love God, when they haven’t seen him.