1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.In other versions
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son `to be' the propitiation for our sins.
ASV
And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
BBE
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
DBY
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
WEB
in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
YLT
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
ENG
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
WBT
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
BSB
In context
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.