1 John 4:19 meaning and explanation
We love because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19, Berean Standard Bible
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The author, an elder writing to a congregation unsettled by teachers who denied that Jesus had truly come in the flesh, has just said that perfect love drives out fear. Verse 19 gives the reason our love exists at all: it is not our initiative.
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