1 John 4:7-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

God Is Love

^7 (A)Beloved, let us ^(B)love one another, for love is from God; and ^(C)everyone who loves is ^[a](D)born of God and ^(E)knows God. ⁸ The one who does not love does not know God, for ^(F)God is love. ⁹ By this the love of God was manifested ^[b](G)in us, that ^(H)God has sent His ^[c]only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is love, ^(I)not that we loved God, but that ^(J)He loved us and sent His Son to be ^(K)the propitiation for our sins. ^11 (L)Beloved, if God so loved us, ^(M)we also ought to love one another. ^12 (N)No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His ^(O)love is perfected in us. ^13 (P)By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. ¹⁴ We have seen and ^(Q)testify that the Father has ^(R)sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

^15 (S)Whoever confesses that ^(T)Jesus is the Son of God, God ^(U)abides in him, and he in God. ^16 (V)We have come to know and have believed the love which God has ^[d](W)for us. ^(X)God is love, and the one who ^(Y)abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.