"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love."
1 John 4:7-8 (emphasis mine)
"In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him."
1 John 4:9
"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."
1 John 4:10
