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1 John 2:4-6
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1 John 2:4-6
English Standard Version
4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments (A)is a liar, and (B)the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever (C)keeps his word, in him truly (D)the love of God is perfected. (E)By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he (F)abides in him (G)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
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1 John 2:4-6
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1 John 2:4-6
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4 Whoever says, “I know him,”(A) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(B) 5 But if anyone obeys his word,(C) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(D) This is how we know(E) we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(F)
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- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
1 John 4:8-10
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1 John 4:8-10
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8 (A)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (B)God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (C)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (D)not that we have loved God (E)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (F)the propitiation for our sins.
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1 John 4:8-10
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1 John 4:8-10
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8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(A) 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(B) into the world that we might live through him.(C) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(D) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(E)
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