First letter of saint john beloved let us love

God Is Love

7 Beloved, (A) let us love one another, for love is from God, and (B) whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 (C) Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (D) God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (E) God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (F) not that we have loved God (G) but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (H) the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 (I) No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and (J) his love is perfected in us.

Cross references

1. 1 John 4:7 : ch. 3:11
2. 1 John 4:7 : ch. 2:29
3. 1 John 4:8 : ch. 3:10
4. 1 John 4:8 : ver. 16; 2 Cor. 13:11; [ch. 1:5; John 4:24]
5. 1 John 4:9 : See John 3:16
6. 1 John 4:10 : Rom. 5:8, 10
7. 1 John 4:10 : [See ver. 9 above]; See John 3:16
8. 1 John 4:10 : See ch. 2:2
9. 1 John 4:12 : ver. 20; John 1:18; 1 Tim. 6:16
10. 1 John 4:12 : ch. 2:5

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