1 John 4:9-12
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.Select 1 John 4:7
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.Select 1 John 4:8
9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.Select 1 John 4:9
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.Select 1 John 4:10
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.Select 1 John 4:11
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.Select 1 John 4:12
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.Select 1 John 4:13
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.Select 1 John 4:14
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WEB
4:9 By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
4:11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
4:12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
ASV
4:9 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.
4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
4:12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
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