NIV: This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
NAS: In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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.
GWT: This is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the payment for our sins.
ASV: Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
BBE: 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.
DBY: Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
DRB: In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
WBS: In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
WEB: In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
YLT: in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
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