1 John 4:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀγαπητοί, εἰ οὕτως ὁ Θεὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν.

Transliteration

Agapētoi, if houtōs the Theos ēgapēsen us, also hēmeis opheilomen allēlous agapan.

Grammar Details

• *Agapētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - beloved ones
• *houtōs*: adverb - thus/in this way
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *ēgapēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - he loved
• *hēmeis*: nominative, plural - we
• *opheilomen*: present active indicative, 1st plural - we ought/we are obligated
• *allēlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - one another
• *agapan*: present active infinitive - to love

Word Meanings

• *Agapētoi*: beloved/dear ones
• *houtōs*: thus/in this way/so
• *ēgapēsen*: he loved/he showed love
• *opheilomen*: we ought/we are obligated/we are duty-bound
• *agapan*: to love/to show love

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
• Matt 18:32-33 : 32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
• Luke 10:37 : 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
• John 13:34 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• John 15:12-13 : 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
• 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• Eph 4:31-5:2 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Col 3:13 : 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
• 1 John 3:16-17 : 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?