KJV Lexicon ημεις personal pronoun - first person nominative pluralhemeis hay-mice': we (only used when emphatic) -- us, we (ourselves). αγαπωμεν verb - present active subjunctive - first person agapao ag-ap-ah'-o: to love (in a social or moral sense) -- (be-)love(-ed). agapao ag-ap-ah'-o: to love (in a social or moral sense) -- (be-)love(-ed). αυτον verb - present active indicative - first person autos ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons οτι personal pronoun - accusative singular masculine hoti hot'-ee: demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because -- as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why. αυτος conjunction autos ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons πρωτος personal pronoun - nominative singular masculine protos pro'-tos: foremost (in time, place, order or importance) -- before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former. ηγαπησεν adjective - nominative singular masculine agapao ag-ap-ah'-o: to love (in a social or moral sense) -- (be-)love(-ed). ημας verb - aorist active indicative - third person singular hemas hay-mas': us -- our, us, we. personal pronoun - first person accusative plural Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible We love, because He first loved us. King James Bible We love him, because he first loved us. Holman Christian Standard Bible We love because He first loved us. International Standard Version We love because God first loved us. NET Bible We love because he loved us first. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore we shall love God because he first loved us. GOD'S WORD® Translation We love because God loved us first. King James 2000 Bible We love him, because he first loved us. Links 1 John 4:191 John 4:19 NIV 1 John 4:19 NLT 1 John 4:19 ESV 1 John 4:19 NASB 1 John 4:19 KJV |