1 John 4:10
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
ἱλασμός
Jesus took the full weight of God's righteous anger against our sin so that nothing stands between us and God anymore — the debt is completely settled.
ἁμαρτία
Sins
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ἁμαρτία
Our sins represent every way we fall short of the people God created us to be — and it's precisely that gap between who we are and who we were made to be that God's love moved to close.
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ἀγαπάω
Love
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ἀγαπάω
God didn't love us because we earned it or deserved it — He chose to love us simply because that's who He is, and that choice moved Him to act.
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μέ
of us.
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μέ
The love in this verse didn't start with us reaching toward God — that assumption is gently but firmly ruled out before it can take root.
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θεός
God,
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θεός
The one who loved first — not a distant force waiting to be impressed, but a personal being who initiated the relationship before we ever thought to.
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υἱός
Son
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υἱός
God didn't send a representative or a messenger — he sent his own Son, someone who shares his very nature, making this the most personal and costly gift imaginable.
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