✦ The Word connected
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:9-10 · World English Bible
Where you find this verse
Why did Jesus have to die?→Why does He still call me son/daughter when I fail?→Why did God become a man?→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?→How do I receive love when I don't feel lovable?→
That reaches back to this verse
The same thread (this verse)Romans 5:8
This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son.
“But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”