By this the love of God was manifested [a](A)in us, that (B)God has sent His [b]only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, (C)not that we loved God, but that (D)He loved us and sent His Son to be (E)the propitiation for our sins. 11 (F)Beloved, if God so loved us, (G)we also ought to love one another.

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  1. 1 John 4:9 Or in our case
  2. 1 John 4:9 Or unique, only one of His kind

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(A) into the world that we might live through him.(B) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(C) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(D) 11 Dear friends,(E) since God so loved us,(F) we also ought to love one another.(G)

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