10In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.


In Context

7 Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity.

9 By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him.

10 In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

11 My dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another.

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.

1 John 4:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:10in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.