1 John 4:10

And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Cross References (16)

  • Ephesians 2:4–5 (44)

    But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

  • Romans 5:8–10 (32)

    But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

  • 1 John 4:19 (30)

    We love because He first loved us.

  • 1 John 2:2 (29)

    He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

  • John 15:16 (23)

    You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever

  • 1 John 4:8–9 (22)

    Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  • John 3:16 (20)

    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but hav

  • Titus 3:3–5 (19)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • 1 John 3:1 (19)

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are

  • Deuteronomy 7:7–8 (17)

    The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you

  • 1 Peter 3:18 (15)

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to de

  • 2 Corinthians 5:19–21 (14)

    that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committe

  • 1 Peter 2:24 (13)

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes

  • Romans 8:29–30 (11)

    For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn a

  • Romans 3:25–26 (11)

    God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because

  • Daniel 9:24 (7)

    Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make