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1 John 4:11

NETBible	Dear friends, if God so loved us, then¹ we also ought to love one another.²
NIV © biblegateway 1Jo 4:11	Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
NASB © biblegateway 1Jo 4:11	Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
NLT © biblegateway 1Jo 4:11	Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
MSG © biblegateway 1Jo 4:11	My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other.
BBE © SABDAweb 1Jo 4:11	My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
NRSV © bibleoremus 1Jo 4:11	Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.
NKJV © biblegateway 1Jo 4:11	Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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KJV	Beloved <27>_, if <1487> God <2316> so <3779> loved <25> (5656) us <2248>_, we <2249> ought <3784> (5719) also <2532> to love <25> (5721) one another <240>_.
NASB © biblegateway 1Jo 4:11	Beloved <27> , if <1487> God <2316> so <3779> loved <25> us, we also <2532> ought <3784> to love <25> one <240> another <240> .
NET [draft] ITL	Dear friends <27> , if <1487> God <2316> so <3779> loved <25> us <2248> , then <2532> we <2249> also ought <3784> to love <25> one another <240> .
GREEK	agaphtoi <27> A-VPM ei <1487> COND outwv <3779> ADV o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM hgaphsen <25> (5656) V-AAI-3S hmav <2248> P-1AP kai <2532> CONJ hmeiv <2249> P-1NP ofeilomen <3784> (5719) V-PAI-1P allhlouv <240> C-APM agapan <25> (5721) V-PAN

NETBible

Dear friends, if God so loved us, then¹ we also ought to love one another.²

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “and.” The Greek conjunction καί (kai) introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

²tn This is a first-class conditional sentence with εἰ (ei) + aorist indicative in the protasis. Reality is assumed for the sake of argument with a first-class condition.

²sn The author here assumes the reality of the protasis (the “if” clause), which his recipients, as believers, would also be expected to agree with: Assuming that God has loved us in this way, then it follows that we also ought to love one another. God’s act of love in sending his Son into the world to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins (v. 10) ought to motivate us as believers to love one another in a similar sacrificial fashion. The author made the same point already in 1 John 3:16. But this failure to show love for fellow believers is just what the opponents are doing: In 1 John 3:17 the author charged them with refusing to love their brothers by withholding needed material assistance. By their failure to love the brothers sacrificially according to the example Jesus set for believers, the opponents have demonstrated again the falsity of their claims to love God and know God (see 1 John 2:9).