OET interlinear 1 YHN (1 JHN) 4:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἀγαπητοί

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀγαπητοί εἰ οὕτως ὁ Θεός ἠγάπησεν ἡμάς καί ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν)

See how you translated Beloved in [2:7](../02/07.md). Alternate translation: [You people whom I love]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἰ οὕτως ὁ Θεὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς

if thus ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀγαπητοί εἰ οὕτως ὁ Θεός ἠγάπησεν ἡμάς καί ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν)

John is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what John is saying is not certain, then you could translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: [because God loved us in this way]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

οὕτως

thus

The word thus refers to the manner in which God showed his love to us, as described in verses 9 and 10. Alternate translation: [in that way]