1 John 4:10-11 In this is love — not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ In this is love — not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ¹¹ Beloved, if God has so loved us, we ought also to love one another.