A different way to look at this fairly well-known passage of the Bible.

1. 1 JOHN 4:7-19 (NLT)
“The LOVE of GOD”
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2. Dear friends,
let us continue to love one another
FOR LOVE COMES
FROM GOD

3. Anyone who loves
is a child of God &
KNOWS GOD
<<BUT>>
anyone who does not love
DOES NOT KNOW GOD

4. FOR
GOD
IS
LOVE

5. GOD SHOWED how much he
LOVEDus by sending his one and
only SON into the world

6. so that we might have
ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH HIM[ the SON ]

7. THIS IS
REAL
LOVE:

8. NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD
<<BUT>>
& sent his SON as a sacrifice to
take away our sins
THAT HE LOVED US

9. Dear friends,
since GOD loved us that much,
we surely ought to
LOVE EACH OTHER

10. <<BUT>>
No one has ever seen God.
GOD LIVES IN US
if we love each other
& his love is brought to full
expression in us.

11. And GOD has given us his
SPIRITas
PROOF
that we live in him and him in us

12. Furthermore, we have seen with
our own eyes & now
TESTIFY
that the FATHER sent his SON
to be the
SAVIOR OF THE WORLD

13. All who
CONFESS
that JESUS is the SON of GOD
GOD LIVING IN THEM
have
THEY LIVE IN GOD
&

14. We know
HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US
PUT OUR TRUST IN HIS LOVE
and we have

15. GOD
IS
LOVE

16. And all who
LIVE IN LOVE
LIVE IN GOD&
GOD LIVES IN THEM

17. And
as we live in GOD,
our LOVE
GROWS MORE PERFECT

18. So
WE WILL NOT BE AFRAID
CONFIDENCE
on the day of judgment,
<<BUT>>
we can face him with
because we live like JESUS here in the world

19. SUCH LOVE HAS
NO FEAR

20. PERFECT LOVE
EXPELLS ALL FEAR
because

21. AFRAID
If we are
it is for
FEARof
PUNISHMENT

22. WE HAVE NOT
EXPERIENCED HIS
PERFECT LOVE
And this shows that

23. We LOVE each other
he LOVED us first
because