This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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.

This is what love is:
not that we have loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.

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