1Jo 4:10 | RWP | e4.org | Not that ( ουχ οτ ) --but that ( αλλ' οτ ). Sharp contrast as in ; ; . We loved ( ηγαπησαμεν ). First aorist active indicative, but B reads ηγαπηκαμεν (perfect active, we have loved). He ( αυτος ). Emphatic nominative (God). To be the propitiation ( ιλασμον ). Merely predicate accusative in apposition with υιον (Son). For the word see ; for ιλαστηριον , and for περ see also .

‏ 1 John 4:10

Not that ( ουχ οτ )

--but that ( αλλ' οτ ). Sharp contrast as in Joh 7:22; 2Co 7:9; Php 4:17.

We loved ( ηγαπησαμεν ). First aorist active indicative, but B reads ηγαπηκαμεν (perfect active, we have loved).

He ( αυτος ). Emphatic nominative (God).

To be the propitiation ( ιλασμον ). Merely predicate accusative in apposition with υιον (Son). For the word see 2:2; Ro 3:25 for ιλαστηριον, and for περ see also 2:2.