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.


In Context

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

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.

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.

11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

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.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:10In 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.

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 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.