1 John 4:10
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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
In other translations
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Greek words
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- Ephesians 2:4-54 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
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- 1 John 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.We love because He first loved us.
- 1 John 2:2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- John 15:16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
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