11 translations · Greek
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- We love him, because he first loved us.
- KJV King James Version
- We love him, because he first loved us.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- We love because He first loved us.
- ASV American Standard Version
- We love, because he first loved us.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- we love Him, because He first loved us;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- We love because he loved us first.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- we — we love him, because He — He first loved us;
- DBY Darby Translation
- We love because he has first loved us.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- We love him, because he first loved us.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- We love him, because he first loved us.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἡμεῖς | Hēmeis | We | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἀγαπῶμεν | agapōmen | love | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| αὐτὸς | autos | He | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| πρῶτος | prōtos | first | G4413 πρῶτος first |
| ἠγάπησεν | ēgapēsen | loved | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14–15
For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died. He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
- 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,
- Luke 7:47
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
- Ephesians 2:3–5
among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 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),
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
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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