We love him, because he first loved us. If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
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Why does He still call me son/daughter when I fail?→What does it mean that we were made for relationship?→What does it mean that God is love?→How does God's love differ from human love?→How do I experience the love of God day to day?→How can I know God's affection for me is real and not just a doctrine?→Why did God create us?→
That reaches back to this verse
The same thread (this verse)1 John 4:11
We love him, because he first loved us: love for the brother is how love for God is seen.
“Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.”