1 John 4:7-12

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God Is Love

⁷Beloved, ^(A)let us love one another, for love is from God, and ^(B)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸^(C)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because ^(D)God is love. ⁹In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^(E)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. ¹⁰In this is love, ^(F)not that we have loved God ^(G)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^(H)the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ¹²^(I)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and ^(J)his love is perfected in us.

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Ecclesiastes 9:7-10

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Enjoy Life with the One You Love

⁷Go, ^(A)eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

⁸^(B)Let your garments be always white. Let not ^(C)oil be lacking on your head.

⁹Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your ^(D)vain^[a] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your ^(E)portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. ¹⁰Whatever your hand finds to do, ^(F)do it with your might,^[b] ^(G)for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 9:9 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Or finds to do with your might, do it