Verse
1 John 4:19 — We love him, because he first loved us.
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
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The verses around 1 John 4:19.
17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19We love him, because he first loved us.
20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Verse explanation
Simply sums up the origin of Christian love: it is not a human initiative, it is always a response to the fact that God loved first.
From the 1 John 4 study in Bible in Stories.
1 John 4:19 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
We love him, because he first loved us.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Nós o amamos a elle porque elle nos amou primeiro.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Nós o amamos, porque ele nos amou primeiro.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Nosotros amamos porque él nos amó primero.
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