1 John 4:7–21

1 John 4:7–215 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 7-8a Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God
- B 8b God is love
  - C 9a In this was manifested the love of God toward us
    - D 9b-10 God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him...he sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins
      - E 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another
        F 12a No man hath seen God at any time
      - E' 12b If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us
    - D' 13-15 the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world
  - C' 16a we have known and believed the love that God hath to us
- B' 16b God is love
A' 16c-21 he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him...we love him, because he first loved us...he that loveth God love his brother also