1 JOHN 4:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins — love's definition is reversed: not human love seeking God but God's love seeking humanity. The propitiation (hilasmos) addresses sins through Christ's sacrifice. God's priority in love precedes and enables human love-response.
Church Fathers on 1 John 4:10
“In this was manifested the love of God in us.” 1 John 4:9 Behold, in order that we may love God, we have exhortation. Could we love Him, unless He first loved us? If we were slow to love, let us not be slow to love in return. He first loved us; not even so do we love. He loved the unrighteous, but He did away the unrighteousness: He loved the unrighteous, but not unto unrighteousness did He gather them together: He loved the sick, but He visited them to make them whole.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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