11 translations · Greek
1 John 4:10
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.
1 John 4:10 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- in this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son [as] the propitiation for our sins.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- This is love! It's not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and he sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τούτῳ | toutō | this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| ἐστὶν | estin | consists | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγάπη | agapē | [And] love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| οὐχ | ouch | not | G3756 οὐ no |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ἡμεῖς | hēmeis | we | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἠγαπήκαμεν | ēgapēkamen | loved | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεόν | Theon | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἀλλ’ | all’ | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| αὐτὸς | autos | He | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἠγάπησεν | ēgapēsen | loved | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀπέστειλεν | apesteilen | sent | G649 ἀποστέλλω to send |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Υἱὸν | Huion | Son | G5207 υἱός son |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἱλασμὸν | hilasmon | [as the] atoning sacrifice | G2434 ἱλασμός propitiation |
| περὶ | peri | for | G4012 περί about |
| τῶν | tōn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἁμαρτιῶν | hamartiōn | sins | G266 ἁμαρτία sin |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- Ephesians 2:4–5
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
- Romans 5:8–10
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
- 1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
- 1 John 2:2
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- John 15:16
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- 1 John 4:8–9
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
- John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- Titus 3:3–5
For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
- 1 John 3:1
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
- Deuteronomy 7:7–8
Yahweh didn’t set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples: but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
9 By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
10 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.
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
Read all of 1 John 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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