What does 1 John 4:11 mean?

1 John 4:11 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 1 John 4:11 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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.

13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

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