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1 John 4:8
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1 John 4:8
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8 (A)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (B)God is love.
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1 John 4:8
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1 John 4:8
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8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(A)
1 John 4:16
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1 John 4:16
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16 So (A)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. (B)God is love, and (C)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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1 John 4:16
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1 John 4:16
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16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love.(A) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(B)
1 John 4:7
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1 John 4:7
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God Is Love
7 Beloved, (A)let us love one another, for love is from God, and (B)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
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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)
2 Corinthians 13:11
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2 Corinthians 13:11
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Final Greetings
11 Finally, brothers,[a] rejoice. (A)Aim for restoration, comfort one another,[b] (B)agree with one another, (C)live in peace; and the God of love and (D)peace will be with you.
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- 2 Corinthians 13:11 Or brothers and sisters
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 Or listen to my appeal
2 Corinthians 13:11
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2 Corinthians 13:11
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Final Greetings
11 Finally, brothers and sisters,(A) rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace.(B) And the God of love(C) and peace(D) will be with you.
Psalm 86:15
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Psalm 86:15
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15 But you, O Lord, are a God (A)merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Psalm 86:15
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Psalm 86:15
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Psalm 86:5
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Psalm 86:5
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5 For you, O Lord, are good and (A)forgiving,
(B)abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Psalm 86:5
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Psalm 86:5
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5 You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love(A) to all who call to you.
1 John 1:5
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1 John 1:5
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Walking in the Light
5 (A)This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that (B)God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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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.
Exodus 34:6-7
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Exodus 34:6-7
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6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, (A)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and (B)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast (C)love and faithfulness, 7 (D)keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] (E)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but (F)who will by no means clear the guilty, (G)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
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- Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation
Exodus 34:6-7
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Exodus 34:6-7
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6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D) 7 maintaining love to thousands,(E) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(F) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(G) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(H)
1 John 2:9
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1 John 2:9
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9 Whoever says he is in the light and (A)hates his brother is still in darkness.
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1 John 2:9
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1 John 2:9
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9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[a](A) is still in the darkness.(B)
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- 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
Ephesians 2:4
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Ephesians 2:4
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4 But[a] God, being (A)rich in mercy, (B)because of the great love with which he loved us,
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- Ephesians 2:4 Or And
Ephesians 2:4
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Ephesians 2:4
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4 But because of his great love for us,(A) God, who is rich in mercy,
1 John 3:6
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1 John 3:6
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6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; (A)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
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1 John 3:6
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1 John 3:6
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6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.(A) No one who continues to sin has either seen him(B) or known him.(C)
John 8:54-55
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John 8:54-55
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54 Jesus answered, (A)“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. (B)It is my Father who glorifies me, (C)of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’[a] 55 But (D)you have not known him. (E)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be (F)a liar (G)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
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- John 8:54 Some manuscripts your God
John 8:54-55
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John 8:54-55
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1 John 2:4
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1 John 2:4
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4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments (A)is a liar, and (B)the truth is not in him,
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1 John 2:4
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1 John 2:4
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4 Whoever says, “I know him,”(A) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(B)
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