“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 John 4 contains 21 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.