^{7 Ref} My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

^{8 Ref} He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

^{9 Ref} And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

^{10 Ref} And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

^{11 Ref} My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

^{12 Ref} No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us: