*1.* “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”  *2* “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”  *3* “We love because he first loved us.”  *4* “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”