1 John 4:10,19 - Compare All Versions
1 John 4:10 NIV (New International Version)
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:10 NLT (New Living Translation)
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 4:19 NLT (New Living Translation)
We love each other because he loved us first.
1 John 4:10 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice , for our sins.
1 John 4:10 KJV (King James Version)
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:10 NKJV (New King James Version)
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:7-10 MSG (The Message)
My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can’t know him if you don’t love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God.
1 John 4:19 MSG (The Message)
We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first.
1 John 4:10 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:19 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
We love, because He first loved us.
1 John 4:10 AMP (Amplified Bible)
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath].
1 John 4:10 NET (New English Translation)
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.