To help the listener
Context to today's readings 1 John 4.7-21, John 15.1-8
The reader could use these words to provide context:
Today’s reading from 1 John has perhaps the greatest passage in the Bible on love: the love of God for the world, shown through his Son, is a love we should also show for each other. This is how we come to know God, and to know that God is love.