1 John 4:7-12

7Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

8But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

9God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.

10This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

11Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.

12No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.