1 John 4:11-12

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

1 John 4:11 in Other Translations

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

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

11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.

11 My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other.

11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.

1 John 4:11-12 In-Context

9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

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

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.

14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Corinthians 10:14
• 2. S John 3:16
• 3. John 15:12; S 1 John 3:11
• 4. S John 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:16
• 5. ver 17; 1 John 2:5