And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

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And hope(A) does not put us to shame, because God’s love(B) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,(C) who has been given to us.

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But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

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But if anyone obeys his word,(A) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(B) This is how we know(C) we are in him:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love

14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

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14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(A) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(B)

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Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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God’s Love and Ours

Dear friends, let us love one another,(A) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God(B) and knows God.(C)

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12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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12 No one has ever seen God;(A) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(B)

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15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

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15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,(A) God lives in them and they in God.(B) 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.(C) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(D)

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19 We love him, because he first loved us.

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19 We love because he first loved us.(A)

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