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Inἐνthisτούτῳisἐστὶνlove,ἡ ἀγάπηnotοὐχthatὅτιweἡμεῖςhave lovedἠγαπήκαμενGod,τὸν θεόνbutἀλλ’thatὅτιheαὐτὸςlovedἠγάπησενusἡμᾶςandκαὶsentἀπέστειλενhis Sonτὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦasthe expiationἱλασμὸνforπερὶour sins.τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν
1 John 4:10
Study it in the app“In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as the expiation for our sins.”
Love is not that we loved, but that God sent his SonThe CrossJohn says God is love, and his love showed when he sent his SonLove
With the Greek beneath
1 John 4:10, word by word
- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- have lovedἠγαπήκαμενēgapēkamen
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “ēgapēkamen” appears- Godθεόνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- sentἀπέστειλενapesteilen
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apesteilen” appears- his Sonυἱὸνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears- the expiationἱλασμὸνhilasmon
expiation
Expiation: the sacrifice that takes away sin and appeases wrath.
Where else “hilasmon” appears- our sinsἁμαρτιῶνhamartiōn
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiōn” appears
The context
9By this the love of God was revealed among us: that God has sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
10 · This verse (above)
11Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
To study 1 John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does John ask us to do with every spirit, and why (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
John says, "God is love" (v. 8, 16). How does the text show that love, and what does it expect of us (v. 9-11)?
3. How I live it
John writes that perfect love casts out fear (v. 18). What fear would you like to hand to God today?