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1 John 3:11
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1 John 3:11
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More on Love and Hatred
11 For this is the message you heard(A) from the beginning:(B) We should love one another.(C)
1 John 3:11
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1 John 3:11
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11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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2 John 5
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2 John 5
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5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.(A) I ask that we love one another.
2 John 5
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2 John 5
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5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
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John 15:12
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John 15:12
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12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(A)
John 15:12
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John 15:12
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12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
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1 John 4:7
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1 John 4:7
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God’s Love and Ours
7 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)
1 John 4:7
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1 John 4:7
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7 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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1 John 4:21
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1 John 4:21
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21 And he has given us this command:(A) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(B)
1 John 4:21
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1 John 4:21
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21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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John 13:34-35
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John 13:34-35
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34 “A new command(A) I give you: Love one another.(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(C) 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”(D)
John 13:34-35
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John 13:34-35
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34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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1 Peter 3:8
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1 Peter 3:8
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Suffering for Doing Good
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded,(A) be sympathetic, love one another,(B) be compassionate and humble.(C)
1 Peter 3:8
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1 Peter 3:8
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8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
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Ephesians 5:2
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Ephesians 5:2
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2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(A) and gave himself up for us(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)
Ephesians 5:2
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Ephesians 5:2
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2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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1 John 1:5
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1 John 1:5
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Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness
5 This is the message we have heard(A) from him and declare to you: God is light;(B) in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5
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1 John 1:5
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5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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1 Thessalonians 4:9
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1 Thessalonians 4:9
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9 Now about your love for one another(A) we do not need to write to you,(B) for you yourselves have been taught by God(C) to love each other.(D)
1 Thessalonians 4:9
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1 Thessalonians 4:9
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9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
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1 John 2:7-8
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1 John 2:7-8
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7 Dear friends,(A) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(B) This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command;(C) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(D) and the true light(E) is already shining.(F)
1 John 2:7-8
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1 John 2:7-8
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7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
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1 Peter 1:22
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a]
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- 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
1 Peter 1:22
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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