# In this is love, not that

"The true demonstration of love was not that" or "This is true love: not that

# he sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins

By dying on the cross as a sacrifice, Christ satisfied God's wrath against our sin. The phrase "atoning sacrifice" can translated with a verbal phrase. Alternate translation: "he sent his Son to be the sacrifice that satisfied his wrath against our sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])