Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et cet amour consiste, non point en ce que nous avons aimé Dieu, mais en ce qu'il nous a aimés et a envoyé son Fils comme victime expiatoire pour nos péchés.
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.
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
ἔθην, οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀκροβυστία ὕπὸ τῆς λεγομένης περιτομῆς ἐν σαρκὶ 1 Röm. 10,4 – 11 Röm. 13, 8b – 6 I Joh. 4, 8 – 28 Eph. 2, 11 – 14 V M 1f vgl. S. 118, 17f 11f vgl. S. 118, 19 28 – S. 179, 6 vgl. S. 119, 4–10 4 τελειουμίνη Μ 8 ἀποβα|||λόμενος, λ ausradiert V corr 23 [δὲ] * 24 ἐ|…
Prosper of Aquitaine
The Epistles and Commentaries of Prosper of Aquitaine
e did not love Him. As the blessed Apostle John says, "Not that we loved God, but that He loved us" (1 John 4:10); and again, "We love because God first loved us" (1 John 4:19); and he also says, "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is b…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
n effect of the Divine love. But God's love is never subsequent, but always prevenient, according to 1 Jn. 4:10 : "Not as though we had loved God, but because He hath first loved us." Therefore grace ought not to be divided into prevenient and subsequent. Objection 2: Further, th…
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