Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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Gill's Exposition
Herein is love,.... The love of God, free love, love that cannot be matched: herein it is manifested, as before; this is a clear evidence of it, an undoubted proof, and puts it out of all question:…
Barnes' Notes
Herein is love - In this great gift is the highest expression of love, as if it had done all that it can do. Not that we loved God - Not that we were in such a state that we might suppose he would…
Adam Clarke
Not that we loved God - And that he was thereby induced to give his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. No: we were enemies to God, and yet Christ died for our ungodly souls. (See Rom 5:6-11, and…
As the Spirit of truth is known by doctrine (thus spirits are to be tried), it is known by love likewise; and so here follows a strong fervent exhortation to holy Christian love: Beloved, let us love…
Cambridge Bible
Herein is love -Herein" again refers to what follows: Love in Its full perfection is seen, not in man's love to God, but in His to man, which reached a climax in His sending His Son to save us from…
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