Devine Scripture

1 John 4:11

1 John chapter 4 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Context

v.10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

v.11This passage

v.12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 John 3:23

    And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.

  • Ephesians 4:31

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

  • 2 Corinthians 8:8

    I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

  • 1 John 3:16

    Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

  • Colossians 3:13

    forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

  • Luke 10:37

    And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.