⁹ By this the love of God was revealed ^[a](A)in us, that ^(B)God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is love, ^(C)not that we loved God, but that ^(D)He loved us and sent His Son to be ^(E)the ^[b]propitiation for our sins. ^11 (F)Beloved, if God so loved us, ^(G)we also ought to love one another.

^16 (A)We have come to know and have believed the love which God has ^[a](B)for us. ^(C)God is love, and the one who ^(D)remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. ¹⁷ By this, ^(E)love is perfected with us, so that we may have ^(F)confidence in ^(G)the day of judgment; because ^(H)as He is, we also are in this world. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love, but ^(I)perfect love drives out fear, because fear ^[b]involves punishment, and the one who fears is not ^(J)perfected in love. ^19 (K)We love, because He first loved us.