16 For God loved(A) the world in this way:[a] He gave[b] his one and only(B) Son,(C) so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Or this much
  2. 3:16 Or For in this way God loved the world, and so he gave, or For God so loved the world that he gave

Love: The Superior Way

13 If I speak human or angelic tongues[a] but do not have love,(A) I am a noisy gong(B) or a clanging cymbal.

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  1. 13:1 languages, also in v. 8

Stand Firm

13 But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning[a] God has chosen(A) you for salvation through sanctification(B) by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:13 Other mss read because as a firstfruit

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