¹⁶ By this we know love, that ^(A)he laid down his life for us, and ^(B)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

^8 (A)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because ^(B)God is love. ⁹ In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^(C)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. ¹⁰ In this is love, ^(D)not that we have loved God ^(E)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^(F)the propitiation for our sins.