1 John 4:9-11

New Century Version

⁹ This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through him. ¹⁰ This is what real love is: It is not our love for God; it is God’s love for us. He sent his Son to die in our place to take away our sins.

¹¹ Dear friends, if God loved us that much we also should love each other.