^{10 Ref} In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice{"atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation-- the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.} for our sins.

^{11 Ref} Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

^{12 Ref} No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

^{13 Ref} By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

^{14 Ref} We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.