1 John 4:4-12

New International Version

⁴ You, dear children,^(A) are from God and have overcome them,^(B) because the one who is in you^(C) is greater than the one who is in the world.^{(D) 5} They are from the world^(E) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶ We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.^(F) This is how we recognize the Spirit^[a] of truth^(G) and the spirit of falsehood.^(H)

God’s Love and Ours

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another,^(I) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God^(J) and knows God.^{(K) 8} Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.^{(L) 9} This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son^(M) into the world that we might live through him.^{(N) 10} This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(O) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.^{(P) 11} Dear friends,^(Q) since God so loved us,^(R) we also ought to love one another.^{(S) 12} No one has ever seen God;^(T) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(U)