10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us(A) and sent His Son to be the[a] propitiation(B) for our sins. 11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.(C) 12 No one has ever seen God.[b](D) If we love one another, God remains in[c] us and His love is perfected in us.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:10 Or a
  2. 1 John 4:12 Since God is an infinite being, no one can see Him in His absolute essential nature; Ex 33:18-23.
  3. 1 John 4:12 Or remains among

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