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He that does not love does not know God, for God is charity.

In this was the charity of God demonstrated in us, in that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10 In this does the charity consist, not because we had loved God, but because he loved us and has sent his Son to be the reconciliation for our sins.

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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(A) This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(B) into the world that we might live through him.(C) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(D) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(E)

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