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1 John 4:11-19
New Living Translation
1 John 4:11-19
New Living Translation
11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. 14 Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. 19 We love each other[a] because he loved us first.
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- 4:19 Greek We love. Other manuscripts read We love God; still others read We love him.
1 John 4:11-19
New King James Version
1 John 4:11-19
New King James Version
11 Beloved, (A)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Seeing God Through Love
12 (B)No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 (C)By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And (D)we have seen and testify that (E)the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 (F)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and (G)he who abides in love abides in God, and God (H)in him.
The Consummation of Love
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that (I)we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 (J)We love [a]Him because He first loved us.
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- 1 John 4:19 NU omits Him
1 John 4:11-19
Christian Standard Bible
1 John 4:11-19
Christian Standard Bible
11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.(A) 12 No one has ever seen God.(B) If we love one another, God remains in[a] us and his love is made complete in us. 13 This is how we know that we remain in him(C) and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(D) 14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent his Son(E) as the world’s Savior. 15 Whoever confesses(F) that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God. 16 And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.
God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 17 In this, love is made complete with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment,(G) because as he is, so also are we in this world.(H) 18 There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear,(I) because fear involves punishment.[b] So the one who fears is not complete in love.(J) 19 We love[c] because he first loved us.(K)
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1 John 4:11-19
New International Version
1 John 4:11-19
New International Version
11 Dear friends,(A) since God so loved us,(B) we also ought to love one another.(C) 12 No one has ever seen God;(D) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(E)
13 This is how we know(F) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(G) 14 And we have seen and testify(H) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(I) 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,(J) God lives in them and they in God.(K) 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love.(L) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(M) 17 This is how love is made complete(N) among us so that we will have confidence(O) on the day of judgment:(P) In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,(Q) because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love because he first loved us.(R)
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