1 KaJohane 4:7-10

Bathandekayo, kumele sithandane, ngokuba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu; bonke abanothando bazelwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi bayamazi uNkulunkulu. Ongathandiyo akamazi uNkulunkulu, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uluthando. Uthando lukaNkulunkulu walubonakalisa kithi ngokuthi athumele ezweni iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba siphile ngayo. Uthando lukulokhu: akusikho ukuthi thina samthanda uNkulunkulu, kodwa Yena wasithanda thina, wathumela iNdodana yakhe ibe yinhlawulo ngezono zethu.