Cross references

1 John 4:10

And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:10 BSB
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1 John 4:10 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ephesians 2:4–5 (45 votes) and Romans 5:8–10 (33 votes). 92 other verses point back to it. It links with 28 other books, from Genesis 22 to Revelation 1.

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Which verses does 1 John 4:10 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

  2. But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! …

  3. 1 John 4:1931 votes

    We love because He first loved us.

  4. 1 John 2:230 votes

    He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

  5. John 15:1624 votes

    You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

  6. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

  7. John 3:1621 votes

    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  8. For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, …

  9. 1 John 3:120 votes

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

  10. The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  11. 1 Peter 3:1816 votes
  12. 1 Peter 2:2414 votes

Which verses point to 1 John 4:10?

The 10 strongest of 92.