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.
— 1 John 4:10-11

Related Resources from Heartlight

Devo: Together in Christ

"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. Dear friends, since God..."

Devo: Verse of the Day

"This is love: not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."

Devo: Verse of the Day

"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."

Devo: Verse of the Day

"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."

Devo: Verse of the Day

"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."

Devo: Verse of the Day

"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is..."

Devo: Together in Christ

"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. This is real love — not..."

Devo: Passion for Praise

"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. This is real love..."

Devo: Spiritual Warfare

"Dear friends, if God loved us that much we also should love each other. No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his...."

Devo: A Year with Jesus

"Dear Precious One, Some words are simply more important than others. In the human vocabulary that We — Father, Son, and Spirit — use, one..."

Devo: A Year with Jesus

"Dear Beloved, You are the Father's child! You are precious! The Father adopted you into Our — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit's — family....."