In Scripture, love is more than a feeling. Biblical love moves us to action. In these verses, John makes a declaration of divine love (vv. 7–8), highlights the ultimate manifestation of divine love (vv. 9–11), and the offers a twofold indication divine of love in the lives of God’s people (vv. 12–21). Throughout, he reminds us that, as God’s love for us produced loving action toward us, so our love for him will produce loving action toward those who are his.