1 John 4:9-10 New Living Translation
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
We receive love, we become love, we give love.
We receive love…
SOURCE — God is love
1 John 3:16-17 New Living Translation
16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?
1 John 4:7-10 New Living Translation
7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
1 John 4:16 New Living Translation
16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
1 John 4:19 New Living Translation
19 We love each other because he loved us first.
We become love
CHARACTER — I love God
1 John 2:5 New Living Translation
5 But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.
1 John 2:15-16 New Living Translation
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.
1 John 3:14-15 New Living Translation
14 If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead. 15 Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.
1 John 4:12 New Living Translation
12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
1 John 4:17 New Living Translation
17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
1 John 4:18 New Living Translation
18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
We give love…
1 John 2:9-10 New Living Translation
9 If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. 10 Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.
1 John 3:10-11 New Living Translation
10 So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.
1 John 3:18 New Living Translation
18 Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
1 John 3:23 New Living Translation
23 And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.
1 John 4:11 New Living Translation
11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
1 John 4:20-21 New Living Translation
20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? 21 And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.
1 John 5:1 New Living Translation
5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.