¹² My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.^(A)

² and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us^(A) and gave himself up for us^(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.^(C)

¹⁰ This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(A) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.^{(B) 11} Dear friends,^(C) since God so loved us,^(D) we also ought to love one another.^(E)