8lAnyone who does not love does not know God, because mGod is love. 9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that nGod sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love, onot that we have loved God nbut that he loved us and sent his Son to be pthe propitiation for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12qNo one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and rhis love is perfected in us.
13sBy this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And twe have seen and testify that uthe Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of vthe world. 15wWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16So xwe have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. yGod is love, and zwhoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
A Study in 1 John, Volume 2
God’s Love in God’s People 1 John 3:11–5:21 Series • ID: 16202Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.