² and ^(A)walk in love, just as Christ also ^(B)loved ^[a]you and ^(C)gave Himself up for us, an ^(D)offering and a sacrifice to God ^[b]as a ^(E)fragrant aroma.

¹⁰ In this is love, ^(A)not that we loved God, but that ^(B)He loved us and sent His Son to be ^(C)the ^[a]propitiation for our sins. ^11 (D)Beloved, if God so loved us, ^(E)we also ought to love one another. ^12 (F)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His ^(G)love is perfected in us. ^13 (H)By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. ¹⁴ We have seen and ^(I)testify that the Father has ^(J)sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

^15 (K)Whoever confesses that ^(L)Jesus is the Son of God, God ^(M)remains in him, and he in God. ^16 (N)We have come to know and have believed the love which God has ^[b](O)for us. ^(P)God is love, and the one who ^(Q)remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. ¹⁷ By this, ^(R)love is perfected with us, so that we may have ^(S)confidence in ^(T)the day of judgment; because ^(U)as He is, we also are in this world. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love, but ^(V)perfect love drives out fear, because fear ^[c]involves punishment, and the one who fears is not ^(W)perfected in love. ^19 (X)We love, because He first loved us. ^20 (Y)If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he ^(Z)hates his brother or sister, he is a ^(AA)liar; for ^(AB)the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, ^(AC)cannot love God, whom he has not seen. ²¹ And ^(AD)this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God ^(AE)must also love his brother and sister.