Moravian Book of Worship ‎#775

775. For God So Loved Us

Text Information

• First Line: For God so loved us, he sent the Savior
• Title: For God So Loved Us
• Author: August Rische
• Translator: Esther Bergen
• Refrain First Line: Love so unending!
• Meter: 10.9. with Refrain
• Language: English; German
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 63:8-9
  ;
  John 3:14-21
• Topic: Adoration and praise; God--Love of; Salvation
• Source: Gott ist die Liebe; St. 1-3 Tr. The Youth Hymnal (1956); St. 4 and refrain The Hymn Book (1960
• Copyright: St. 4, refrain © 1960 by The Hymn Book. Used by permission of Kindred Productions

Tune Information

• Name: GOTT IST DIE LIEBE
• Meter: 10.9. with Refrain
• Key: D Major
• Source: Thüringer melody (c. 1840); Text and tune from Hymnal: A Worship Book
• Copyright: © 1992 by Brethren Press, Elgin, IL; Faith and Life Press, Newton, KS; Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA