1 John 4:19

The Text-Critical English New Testament

We love him because he first loved us.

Cross References

Luke 7:47

Therefore I tell yoʋ, her many sins are forgiven; that is why she has shown great love. But he to whom little is forgiven shows little love.”

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 of the Father in my name he will give you.

John 3:16

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so 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 atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?