1 John 4:11
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My dearest, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 3:16,17,23 In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. . . .

Matthew 18:32,33 Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me: . . .

Luke 10:37 But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner.

John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

John 15:12,13 This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. . . .

2 Corinthians 8:8,9 I speak not as commanding: but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity. . . .

Ephesians 4:31,32 Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice. . . .

Ephesians 5:1,2 Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children: . . .

Colossians 3:13 Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another. Even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also.

Context
Love Comes from God
10In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. 11My dearest, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us: and his charity is perfected in us.…
Cross References
1 John 2:7
Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.

1 John 3:11
For this is the declaration which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another.

1 John 4:7
Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for charity is of God. And every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God.

2 John 1:5
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

Lexicon
Beloved,
Ἀγαπητοί (Agapētoi)
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 27: From agapao; beloved.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

so
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

loved
ἠγάπησεν (ēgapēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

us,
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

we
ἡμεῖς (hēmeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

ought
ὀφείλομεν (opheilomen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3784: Or, its prolonged form opheileo probably from the base of ophelos; to owe; figuratively, to be under obligation; morally, to fail in duty.

to love
ἀγαπᾶν (agapan)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

one another.
ἀλλήλους (allēlous)
Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.


Additional Translations
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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.

Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
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