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Beloved,ἀγαπητοίifεἰGodὁ θεὸςlovedἠγάπησενusἡμᾶςin this way,οὕτωςweἡμεῖςalsoκαὶoughtὀφείλομενto loveἀγαπᾶνone another.ἀλλήλους
1 John 4:11
Study it in the app“Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.”
John says God is love, and his love showed when he sent his SonLove
With the Greek beneath
1 John 4:11, word by word
- Belovedἀγαπητοίagapētoi
beloved
Beloved, dear.
Where else “agapētoi” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- lovedἠγάπησενēgapēsen
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “ēgapēsen” appears- oughtὀφείλομενopheilomen
ought
To be under obligation to do something.
Where else “opheilomen” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears
The context
10In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as the expiation for our sins.
11 · This verse (above)
12No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been brought to completion in us.
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?