1 John 4:19

We love him, because he first loved us. Lest love to God, and so to one another, should be thought to be of ourselves, and too much be ascribed unto it, the apostle observes, that God's love to us is…

We love him, because he first loved us - This passage is susceptible of two explanations; either. (1)That the fact that he first loved us is the “ground” or “reason” why we love him, or. (2)That as a…

We love him because he first loved us - This is the foundation of our love to God.

1. We love him because we find he has loved us.

2. We love him from a sense of obligation and gratitude.

3. We love…

The apostle, having thus excited and enforced sacred love from the great pattern and motive of it, the love that is and dwells in God himself, proceeds to recommend it further by other considerations;…

We love him Omit -Him", which is a later addition to the true text: some authorities for -Him" add -God", and some have -God" for -He" in the next clause. No accusative is expressed, and none, whether…