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 "The true demonstration of love was not that" or "This is true love: not that
 
-# he sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins
+# he sent his Son to be atoning sacrifice for our sins
 
-Here "propitiation" refers to Jesus's death on the cross appeasing God's wrath against sin. The word can be translated with a verbal phrase. Alternate translation: "he sent his Son to be the sacrifice that appeased his wrath against our sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
+Here "atoning sacrifce" refers a theological word: propitiation. Jesus's death on the cross appeasing God's wrath against sin. The word can be translated with a verbal phrase. Alternate translation: "he sent his Son to be the sacrifice that appeased his wrath against our sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])