1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
King James Version
World English Bible (WEB)
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
What this verse means
If God loved us like that, the logic runs, we owe each other the same.
A short prayer
Lord, You loved us first and most. Make my love for others the echo.
Read in context — 1 John 4
9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Related verses
“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.”Song of Solomon 8:7
“Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.”1 Corinthians 13:8
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”2 Corinthians 13:14
“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”2 Corinthians 9:7
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”Galatians 6:2
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