WHAT AN INCREDIBLE QUALITY OF LOVE!
(1 John 3:1)
1. Why would the Perfect One die for “the ungodly” and “sinners” before there was anything good in us,
while we were still in rebellion against Him?
2. KJV: “Behold, what manner of love…” NASB: “See how great a love…” NJB: “You must see what great
love…” Moff: “Think what a love…” Wuest: “Behold what exotic [foreign to the human heart] love…”
Amp: “See what an incredible quality of love…”
His Love is Unconditional: But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return;
and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the
unthankful and to the evil (Lu. 6:35).
His Love is Self-sacrificing: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). Greater love has no
man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13). And walk in love, as Christ also
has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling
fragrance (Eph. 5:2). Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself
for it (Eph. 5:25).
His Love Never Gives Up: Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had
come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who were in the
world, he loved them unto the end (John 13:1).
His Love is from the Spirit: The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given
unto us (Rom. 5:5).
His Love is Ever-present: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? … [Neither] height, nor depth, nor any other
creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 8:35,
39).
His Love Gives Us Victory: Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved
us (Rom. 8:37).
His Love is Affectionate & Honoring: Be tender loving one to another with brotherly love; in honor
preferring one another (Rom. 12:10).
His Love Does No Evil to Us: Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law
(Rom. 13:10).
His Love Compels Us to See Others through the Cross: For the love of Christ constrains us; because we
thus judge, that if One died for all, then were all dead. And that he died for all, that they who live should
no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again. Therefore from now on
know we no man after the flesh [human viewpoint] (2 Cor. 5:14-16a).
His Love is Genuine: I speak not by commandment, but to prove by the earnestness of others, the
sincerity of your love (2 Cor. 8:8).
His Love Keeps Giving: And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I
love you, the less I am loved (2 Cor. 12:15).
His Love Activates Our Faith: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works [energeo] by love (Gal. 5:6).
His Love Serves: For, brethren, you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to
the flesh, but by love serve one another (Gal. 5:13).
His Love Establishes Us: That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and
grounded in love (Eph. 3:17).
His Love Fills Us with God’s Fullness: And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you
might be filled with all the fullness of God (Eph. 3:19).
His Love Speaks the Truth & Causes Growth: But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all
things, who is the head, even Christ (Eph. 4:15).
His Love Edifies: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted… makes increase of
the body unto the edifying of itself in love (Eph. 4:16).
His Love is with Recognition & Discernment: And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and
more in knowledge and in all judgment (Ph. 1:9).
His Love Comforts & Unites: That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love (Col.
2:2a).
His Love Labors for Us: Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and
patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father (1 Thes. 1:3).
His Love is Encouraging & Gives Hope: Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,
who has loved us, and has given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace (2 Thes.
2:16).
His Love Gives an Enduring Expectation of Christ’s Coming: And the Lord direct your hearts into the
love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ (2 Thes. 3:5).
His Love is Kind & Brings Saving Mercy: But after the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man
appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us
(Titus 3:4-5).
His Love Intercedes for Those in Need: Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such a one as
Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have
begotten in my bonds (Philemon 9-10).
His Love Chastens & Disciplines His Children: For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every
son whom he receives (Heb. 12:6).
His Love is a Brotherly Love: Let brotherly love continue (Heb. 13:1).
His Love is the Law of Royalty: If you fulfill the royal law [the law of the King] according to the scripture,
You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well:
His Love Operates by Faith: Whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you see him not,…
(1 Pet. 1:8a).
His Love Brings Inexpressible & Glorious Joy: Yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of
glory: (1 Pet. 1:8b).
His Love is Genuine, Pure & Fervent: Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through
the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently (1
Pet. 1:22).
His Love is Compassionate, Tender-hearted & Courteous: Finally, be all of one mind, having
compassion one with another, love as brethren, be tender hearted, be courteous (1 Pet. 3:8).
His Love Grows in Us through the Word & Gives Confidence: But whoever keeps His Word, in him
verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him (1 John 2:5).
His Love Gives Us Assurance of Salvation: We know that we have passed from death unto life, because
we love the brethren (1 John 3:14).
His Love is not Mere Words – It’s in His Deeds & in Truth: My little children, let us not love in word,
neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
His Love is His Very Nature: Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God (1 John 4:7a).
His Love is the Result of the New Birth: And everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God (1 John
4:7b)
His Love was Perfectly Manifested in the Life & Death of the Son of God: In this was manifested the
love of God toward us, because God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through him. 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 (1 John 4:9-10).
His Love is Trustworthy & Personally Dwells in Us And we have known and believed the love that God
has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him (1 John 4:16).
His Love Allows Us to Stand Boldly Before Him In this is our love made perfect, that we may have
boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17).
His Love has Made Us like Him: In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day
of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17).
His Love Casts Out Our Fear: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has to
do with punishment (1 John 4:18). [Punishment = κολασις kolasis = penal infliction, punishment, torment.]
His Love Must First be Received: We love him, because he first loved us (1 John 4:19).
His Love Must be Passed on to the Members of God’s Family: And this commandment have we from
him, That he who loves God loves his brother also (1 John 4:21).
His Love is Experienced as We Obey His Will: By this we know that we love the children of God, when
we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome (1 John 5:2-3).
His Love Only Operates in the Truth: The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the
truth (2 John 1:1). The elder unto the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth (3 Jo 1:1).
His Love will Guard Your Life: Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ unto eternal life (Jude 1:21)
His Love Washed Us from Our Sins in His Own Blood: Unto Him that loves us, and washed us from our
sins in His own blood (Rev. 5:9b).
His Love Will Put Our Persecutors to Shame: Behold, I will make them to come and worship before
your feet, and to know that I have loved you (Rev. 3:9b).
His Love Convicts & Trains Us: As many as I love, I rebuke [convct] and chasten [train as His child] (Rev.
3:19).