1Jo 4:19, Rev 1:5 | ESV | STEP | We love because he first loved us .

a ver. 10

b ch. 3:14; John 18:37; 1 Tim. 6:13; [ch. 2:13; Ps. 89:37; Isa. 55:4]

c Col. 1:18; [Ps. 89:27; Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20]

d ch. 17:14; 19:16; [Ps. 89:27]

e John 13:34; 15:9

f 1 Pet. 1:18, 19

1 John 4:19

19 ^aWe love because he first loved us.

Revelation of John 1:5

5 and from Jesus Christ ^bthe faithful witness, ^cthe firstborn of the dead, and ^dthe ruler of kings on earth.

To ^ehim who loves us and ^fhas freed us from our sins by his blood