GOD'S LOVE AND OURS

 

1 John 4:7-21

7 Dear Friends, let us love one another,

For love comes from God.

EVERYONE WHO LOVES HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD

AND KNOWS GOD.

8 Whoever does not love does not know God,

BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE.

9 This is how God showed His love among us:

HE SENT HIS ONE AND ONLY SON IN TO THE WORLD

THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM.

10 THIS IS LOVE:

No that we loved God,

But that He loved us and sent His Son

AS AN ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS.

11 Dear Friends, since God so loved us,

We ought to love one another.

12 NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD;

But if we love each other, God lives in us

AND HIS LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE IN US.

13 WE KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN HIM AND HE IN US,

BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN US OF HIS SPIRIT.

14 And we have seen and Testify

That the Father has sent His Son

To be the Savior of the World.

15 If anyone acknowledges

That Jesus is the Son of God,

GOD LIVES IN HIM AND HE IN GOD.

16 And we know and rely on the love God has for us.

GOD IS LOVE.

Whoever lives in love lives in God, and He in him,

17 Love is made complete among us

So that we will have Confidence

ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT,

Because in this World we are like Him

18 THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE.

BUT PERFECT LOVE DRIVES OUR FEAR,

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.

20 If anyone says, 'I love God,'

Yet hates his brother, he is a Liar.

For anyone who does not love his brother,

Whom he has seen,

Cannot love God whom he has not seen.

21 And he has given us the Command:

WHOEVER LOVES GOD MUST ALSO LOVE HIS BROTHER.

(1 John 4:7-21)