1 John 4:10
1 John · New Testament · Chapter 4
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”1 John 4:10
What Does 1 John 4:10 Mean?
1 John 4:10 is found in the book of 1 John, chapter 4, verse 10 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Love.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 John 4:10 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 John 4:19“We love him, because he first loved us.”Romans 8:28“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”Ephesians 2:4“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,”Romans 5:8“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”Romans 8:32“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”1 John 2:2“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”1 John 4:9“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”John 15:16“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”1 John 4:8“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”John 3:16“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”1 John 4:14“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”Titus 3:3“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”1 John 3:1“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”Romans 3:25“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”Deuteronomy 7:7“The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:”2 Corinthians 5:19“To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”Galatians 3:13“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:”2 Corinthians 5:18“And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;”James 1:17“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”1 Peter 3:18“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”
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