Herein 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 love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
ἐν τούτῳ ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγάπη, οὐχ ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἠγαπήσαμεν τὸν Θεόν, ἀλλ' ὅτι αὐτὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἱλασμὸν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν.
en toytō estin ē agapē, oych oti ēmeis ēgapēsamen ton Theon, all' oti aytos ēgapēsen ēmas, kai apesteile ton yion aytoy ilasmon peri tōn amartiōn ēmōn.
