⁸ But God ^(A)demonstrates ^(B)His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, ^(C)Christ died for us.

⁴ But God, being ^(A)rich in mercy, because of ^(B)His great love with which He loved us,

^16 (A)Now may our Lord Jesus Christ ^(B)Himself and God our Father, who has ^(C)loved us and given us eternal comfort and ^(D)good hope by grace,

¹⁰ In this is love, ^(A)not that we loved God, but that ^(B)He loved us and sent His Son to be ^(C)the ^[a]propitiation for our sins.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(A)the faithful witness, the ^(B)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(C)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(D)loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—