Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. New Living Translation Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. English Standard Version Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Berean Standard Bible Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Berean Literal Bible Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. King James Bible Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. New King James Version Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. New American Standard Bible Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. NASB 1995 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. NASB 1977 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Legacy Standard Bible Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Amplified Bible Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another. Christian Standard Bible Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another. Holman Christian Standard Bible Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another. American Standard Version Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Contemporary English Version Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we must love each other. English Revised Version Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. GOD'S WORD® Translation Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love each other. Good News Translation Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another. International Standard Version Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love one another. Majority Standard Bible Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. NET Bible Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another. New Heart English Bible Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. Webster's Bible Translation Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Weymouth New Testament Dear friends, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. World English Bible Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBeloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another; Berean Literal Bible Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Young's Literal Translation Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love; Smith's Literal Translation Dearly beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMy dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another. Catholic Public Domain Version Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. New American Bible Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. New Revised Standard Version Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Beloved, if God loves us in this way, we are indebted also to love one another. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBeloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Godbey New Testament Beloved, if God so loved us with divine love, we ought also to love one another with divine love. Haweis New Testament Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Mace New Testament beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another. Weymouth New Testament Dear friends, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Worrell New Testament Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Worsley New Testament Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Love Comes from God…10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.… Cross References John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. / By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” John 15:12-13 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. / Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 1 John 3:16-18 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. / If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... Romans 13:8-10 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. / The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. / Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. ... Ephesians 5:1-2 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, / and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. 1 Peter 4:8 Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Colossians 3:12-14 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. / Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. / And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity. Galatians 5:13-14 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. / The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 6:35-36 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. / Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. James 2:8 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. 2 John 1:5-6 And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. / And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. Hebrews 13:1 Continue in brotherly love. Treasury of Scripture Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 3:16,17,23 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren… Matthew 18:32,33 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: … Luke 10:37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. Jump to Previous Beloved Dear Friends Loved Ones Ought Right WayJump to Next Beloved Dear Friends Loved Ones Ought Right Way1 John 4 1. He warns them not to believe all who boast of the Spirit;7. and exhorts to brotherly love. Beloved The term "Beloved" is a term of endearment used by the Apostle John to address fellow believers. It reflects the deep affection and spiritual kinship within the Christian community. This term is consistent with John's emphasis on love throughout his writings, highlighting the familial bond among Christians. The use of "Beloved" also echoes the language of the Old Testament, where God often refers to His chosen people with terms of endearment, underscoring the covenant relationship. if God so loved us we also ought to love one another Persons / Places / Events 1. John the ApostleThe author of 1 John, one of Jesus' closest disciples, known for his emphasis on love and truth. 2. The Early Church The recipients of this letter, likely a community of believers facing challenges in understanding and living out their faith. 3. God The ultimate source of love, whose actions serve as the model for Christian behavior. 4. Jesus Christ The embodiment of God's love, whose sacrificial life and death are the ultimate demonstration of divine love. 5. The Beloved Community The collective body of believers who are called to reflect God's love in their relationships with one another. Teaching Points Understanding Divine LoveRecognize that God's love is the foundation and motivation for our love towards others. His love is sacrificial, unconditional, and transformative. Imitating Christ's Love As followers of Christ, we are called to emulate His love in our interactions with others. This involves selflessness, humility, and a willingness to serve. Love as a Witness Our love for one another serves as a powerful testimony to the world of God's presence and work in our lives. It is through love that we reflect God's character. Practical Expressions of Love Love should be evident in our daily actions and decisions. This includes forgiving others, bearing with one another, and seeking the well-being of others. Community and Accountability Engage with fellow believers in a community that encourages and holds each other accountable to live out the command to love one another.Verse 11. - Beloved introduces a solemn exhortation, as in verses 1, 7. The "if" implies no uncertainty (see on 1 John 5:9); it puts the fact more gently, but not more doubtfully, than "since." The "so" οὕτως covers both the quality and the quantity of the love. Καὶ belongs solely to ἡμεῖς: "we also on our part ought to love one another." We should have expected as the apodosis, "we also ought to love God." But this link in the thought the apostle omits as self-evident, and passes on to state what necessarily follows from it. In verse 12 he shows how loving God involves loving one's fellow-men (comp. 1 John 2:5 for a similar passage over an intermediate link). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Beloved,Ἀγαπητοί (Agapētoi) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 27: From agapao; beloved. if εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. so οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). loved ἠγάπησεν (ēgapēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. us, ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. we ἡμεῖς (hēmeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. also καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. ought ὀφείλομεν (opheilomen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 3784: Or, its prolonged form opheileo probably from the base of ophelos; to owe; figuratively, to be under obligation; morally, to fail in duty. to love ἀγαπᾶν (agapan) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. one another. ἀλλήλους (allēlous) Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another. 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