Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Herein is love - love in the abstract, in its highest ideal, is herein. The love was all on God's side, none on ours.
Not that we loved God - though so altogether worthy of love.
He loved us - though so altogether unworthy of love. х Eegapeesamen (G25), the aorist, Not that we did any act of love at any time to God, but that He did the act of love to us in sending Christ.]