1 JOHN 4:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another — the conditional (ei) rests on the reality of God's love, established in 4:9-10. The obligation (opheilo) follows logically: divine love demands human love. The pattern of God's love becomes the measure of believers' love.
Church Fathers on 1 John 4:11
“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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