1 John 4:11

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1 John 4:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

10 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.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 John 3:16

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 3:17

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

1 John 3:23

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

Matthew 18:32

Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

Matthew 18:33

Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

Luke 10:37

“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

John 13:34

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

John 15:12

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Ephesians 5:1

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

Colossians 3:13

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.