1 John 4:19
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
This is a simple, yet powerful verse that reveals the most beautiful truth of our lives - Everything starts with God's love for us. Before we love Him, He first loved us. God created us because He loves us; God saved us because He loves us; God adopted us into His family because He loves us. The foundation of everything rests on God's love for us, and it is through Jesus Christ that we see the full extent of His love. In this verse, John emphasizes a pattern of continuous love rather than isolated acts of love. Since God loved us once at the cross, we can go on loving Christians. God took the initiative. As a result of His initiative, we are able to love because He has infused us with His love. Throughout the Bible, God makes it very clear to us that Love is a command, not an option (John 15:12, John 15:17, John 13:34). If you want to know how to love other people, look no further than our Lord Jesus Christ!
1 John 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 Peter 1:22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.