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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, for 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 we have known and believe the love that God has for us.
God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
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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, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.(A)
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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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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 merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.(A)
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 forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.(A)
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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God Is Light
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.(A)
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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,
“The Lord, the Lord,
a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger,
and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,(A)
7 keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation,[a]
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
yet by no means clearing the guilty,
but visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
and the children’s children
to the third and the fourth generation.”(B)
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- 34.7 Or for thousands
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)
Ephesians 2:4
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Ephesians 2:4
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4 but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us(A)
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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 sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.
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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)
1 John 2:9
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1 John 2:9
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9 Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.(A)
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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.
John 8:54-55
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John 8:54-55
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54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, ‘He is our God,’(A) 55 though you do not know him. But I know him; if I would say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word.(B)
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John 8:54-55
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Hebrews 12:29
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Hebrews 12:29
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29 for indeed our God is a consuming fire.(A)
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Hebrews 12:29
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