1 John 4:10

Greek	ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. τούτῳplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 ἐστὶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἡplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀγάπη, οὐχ ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἠγαπήσαμεν τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θεόν,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς greek Masculine noun meaning: * A god or goddess * God ἀλλ’ ὅτι αὐτὸςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἀπέστειλεν τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article υἱὸν αὐτοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἱλασμὸν περὶ τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν.
ESV	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.
NIV	This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
NLT	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.
KJV	Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

^{1 John 4:9 ← 1 John 4:10 → 1 John 4:11}

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