1 John 4:10-19

Lamsa(i) 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 My beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us; 13 Hereby we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have believed and have known the love that God has for us. God is love; and he who dwells in love, abides in God. 17 Herein is his love made perfect in us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear is tormenting. He who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love God because he first loved us.