Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:11 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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In parallel withJohn 13:34-35
The new commandment is John's logic: if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.””
The same thread1 John 4:19-21
We love him, because he first loved us: love for the brother is how love for God is seen.
“We love him, because he first loved us. If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.”