{Not that} (ouch hoti) {--but that} (all' hoti). Sharp
contrast as in  Joh 7:22  2Co 7:9  Php 4:17 . {We loved}
((8867)ap(8873)amen). First aorist active indicative, but B reads
(8867)ap(886b)amen (perfect active, we have loved). {He} (autos).
Emphatic nominative (God). {To be the propitiation} (hilasmon).
Merely predicate accusative in apposition with huion (Son). For
the word see  2:2  Ro 3:25  for hilast(8872)ion, and for peri see
also  2:2 .