1 John 4:9-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁹ God’s love was revealed among us^[a] in this way: God sent^(A) his one and only Son^(B) into the world so that we might live^(C) through him. ¹⁰ Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(D) and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice^[b](E) for our sins. ¹¹ Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.^(F)