1 John

1 John 4:7–18

7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and onlyc Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. 10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrificed for our sins.

11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. 13By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit. 14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

15If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 17In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

Footnotes

  • c 4:9 Or only begotten or unique
  • d 4:10 Or as a propitiation

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1 John 4:7 1 John 4:20–5:1 · 1 John 4:8 · 1 Peter 1:22 · 1 John 2:10 · Galatians 5:22 · 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10 · 2 Timothy 1:7 · 1 John 4:12 · 1 John 3:10–23 · 1 John 2:29 · Deuteronomy 30:6 · John 17:3

1 John 4:8 1 John 4:16 · 1 John 4:7 · Psalm 86:15 · 2 Corinthians 13:11 · Psalm 86:5 · Ephesians 2:4 · Exodus 34:6–7 · 1 John 1:5 · 1 John 3:6 · 1 John 2:9 · John 8:54–55 · 1 John 2:4

1 John 4:9 John 3:16 · 1 John 5:11 · Romans 8:32 · John 6:57 · 1 John 4:10 · John 11:25–26 · John 6:51 · John 10:28–30 · John 10:10 · 1 John 3:16 · John 1:14–18 · John 3:18

1 John 4:10 Ephesians 2:4–5 · Romans 5:8–10 · 1 John 4:19 · 1 John 2:2 · John 15:16 · 1 John 4:8–9 · John 3:16 · 1 John 3:1 · Titus 3:3–5 · Deuteronomy 7:7–8 · 1 Peter 3:18 · 2 Corinthians 5:19–21

1 John 4:11 John 15:12–13 · John 13:34 · Colossians 3:13 · 1 John 3:23 · Luke 10:37 · 1 John 3:16–17 · 2 Corinthians 8:8–9 · Ephesians 4:31–5:2 · Matthew 18:32–33

1 John 4:12 John 1:18 · 1 John 2:5 · 1 Timothy 6:16 · 1 John 4:17–18 · 1 John 4:20 · 1 John 3:24 · Exodus 33:20 · 1 John 4:6 · 1 Timothy 1:17 · Numbers 12:8 · Hebrews 11:27 · Genesis 32:30

1 John 4:13 1 John 3:24 · Ephesians 2:20–22 · 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 · Galatians 5:22–25 · 1 Corinthians 2:12 · Romans 8:9–17 · 1 John 4:15–16 · John 14:20–26

1 John 4:14 1 John 4:10 · John 3:16–17 · John 1:14 · John 4:42 · John 15:26–27 · 1 John 2:1–2 · John 1:29 · 1 Peter 5:12 · 1 John 5:9 · John 5:39 · John 12:47 · John 3:34

1 John 4:15 Romans 10:9 · Matthew 10:32 · 1 John 5:5 · 1 John 3:24 · 1 John 4:2 · Philippians 2:11 · 1 John 4:12 · 1 John 5:1 · Luke 12:8 · 2 John 1:7

1 John 4:16 1 John 3:24 · Psalm 36:7–9 · 1 John 3:1 · Psalm 18:1–3 · 1 John 4:8–10 · 1 John 4:12–13 · 1 John 3:16 · Psalm 31:19 · 1 Corinthians 2:9 · John 6:69 · Isaiah 64:4

1 John 4:17 1 John 2:28 · 1 John 4:12 · 1 John 2:5 · Romans 8:29 · 1 John 3:3 · John 15:20 · 1 John 3:19–21 · 1 John 3:1 · 1 Peter 4:13–14 · 2 Peter 3:7 · Matthew 12:36 · 1 Peter 4:1–3

1 John 4:18 2 Timothy 1:7 · Romans 8:15 · 1 John 4:12 · Luke 1:74–75 · Hebrews 12:28 · James 2:19 · Psalm 119:120 · Psalm 73:19 · Job 15:21

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