19We love, because he first loved us.


In Context

16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 We love, because he first loved us.

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

1 John 4:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:19We love him, because he first loved us.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:19We love because he first loved us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:19Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:19We love because he has first loved us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:19We love, because he first loved us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:19We love him, because he first loved us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:19We love him, because he first loved us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:19we — we love him, because He — He first loved us;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:19We love him, because he first loved us.