1 John 4:11 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
English ASV
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English Amplified
Beloved, if God loved us so [very much], we also ought to love one another.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Beloved, if God loved us so [very much], we also ought to love one another.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English EASY 2024
My friends, this shows how much God has loved us. So we also should love one another.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
That is how much God loved us, dear friends! So we also must love each other.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love each other.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.
English KJV 1611
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
English LSB
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we must also love one another.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we should also love one another.
English NIV
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English NKJ 1982
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English NLT
Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Delightfully loved ones, if he loved us with such tremendous love, then “loving one another” should be our way of life!
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Dear friends, since God loved us as much as that, we surely ought to love each other too.
English Tyndale 1537
Dearly beloved if God so loved us, (then) we ought also to love one another.