1 John 4: 9 - 11

This is how God showed his love among us

He sent his one and only son into the world that we might live through him

This is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and he sent his son

This is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and he sent his son

As an atoning sacrifice for our sins

This is love

Dear friends since God so loved us we also ought to love one another