1 John 3:16
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The Outworking of Love
16 (A)By this we know love, (B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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1 John 4:9-11
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9 (A)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten (B)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, (C)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son (D)to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, (E)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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John 13:34
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34 (A)A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
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Ephesians 5:2
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2 And (A)walk in love, (B)as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God (C)for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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John 3:16
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16 (A)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (B)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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Romans 5:8
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8 But (A)God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ, (A)the faithful (B)witness, the (C)firstborn from the dead, and (D)the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him (E)who [a]loved us (F)and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
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- Revelation 1:5 NU loves us and freed; M loves us and washed
John 15:12-13
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12 (A)This is My (B)commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (C)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
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1 Peter 3:18
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Christ’s Suffering and Ours
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring [a]us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
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- 1 Peter 3:18 NU, M you
Acts 20:28
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28 (A)Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit (B)has made you overseers, to shepherd the church [a]of God (C)which He purchased (D)with His own blood.
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- Acts 20:28 M of the Lord and God
Ephesians 5:25
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25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (B)gave Himself for her,
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Romans 16:4
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4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
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1 John 2:6
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6 (A)He who says he abides in Him (B)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
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Titus 2:13
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13 (A)looking for the blessed (B)hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
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Philippians 2:17
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17 Yes, and if (A)I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice (B)and service of your faith, (C)I am glad and rejoice with you all.
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John 10:15
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15 (A)As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; (B)and I lay down My life for the sheep.
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Revelation 5:9
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9 And (A)they sang a new song, saying:
(B)“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And (C)have redeemed us to God (D)by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
1 Peter 2:24
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24 (A)who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, (B)that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—(C)by whose [a]stripes you were healed.
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- 1 Peter 2:24 wounds
1 Peter 1:18
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18 knowing that you were not redeemed with [a]corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
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- 1 Peter 1:18 perishable
Philippians 2:30
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30 because for the work of Christ he came close to death, [a]not regarding his life, (A)to supply what was lacking in your service toward me.
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- Philippians 2:30 risking
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