Chapter 4
- 7
- 1 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
- 8
- Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.
- 9
- In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
- 10
- In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.
1 John 4Footnotes
1 [7-12] Love as we share in it testifies to the nature of God and to his presence in our lives. One who loves shows that one is a child of God and knows God, for God's very being is love; one without love is without God. The revelation of the nature of God's love is found in the free gift of his Son to us, so that we may share life with God and be delivered from our sins. The love we have for one another must be of the same sort: authentic, merciful; this unique Christian love is our proof that we know God and can "see" the invisible God.
New American Bible Copyright © 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
New American Bible Home Page__________________________________
New American Bible
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
3211 4th Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20017-1194 (202) 541-3000