1 John 4:11 “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beloued, if God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another.

Darby Translation

Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Young's Literal Translation

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

Bible in Basic English

My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

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Cross references

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”

John 13:34 Colossians 3:13 1 John 3:23 Luke 10:37 1 John 3:16 1 John 3:17

John 13:34 · BSB

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

Colossians 3:13 · BSB

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

1 John 3:23 · BSB

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

Luke 10:37 · BSB

“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

1 John 3:16 · BSB

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 3:17 · BSB

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

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