1 John 4:10 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

English Amplified

In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

English EASY 2024

This shows what love is: It is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us. He loved us so much that he sent his Son to save us from sin. He sent Jesus to die as a sacrifice, to take the punishment for our sins.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

True love is God's love for us, not our love for God. He sent his Son as the way to take away our sins.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.

English God's Word - GW 1995

This is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the payment for our sins.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

English KJV 1611

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 this is love, not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

What is love? It is not that we loved God. It is that he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to pay for our sins.

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

English NKJ 1982

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.

This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

This is love: He loved us long before we loved him. It was his love, not ours. He proved it by sending his Son to be the pleasing sacrificial offering to take away our sins.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

In this act we see what real love is: it is not our love for God but his love for us when he sent his Son to satisfy God's anger against our sins.

English Tyndale 1537

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his son to make agreement(a satisfaction) for our sins.