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1 John 2:3-6
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1 John 2:3-6
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3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we (A)keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments (B)is a liar, and (C)the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever (D)keeps his word, in him truly (E)the love of God is perfected. (F)By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he (G)abides in him (H)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
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1 John 2:3-6
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1 John 2:3-6
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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers
3 We know(A) that we have come to know him(B) if we keep his commands.(C) 4 Whoever says, “I know him,”(D) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(E) 5 But if anyone obeys his word,(F) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(G) This is how we know(H) we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(I)
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
1 John 4:7-9
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1 John 4:7-9
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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. 8 (C)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (D)God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (E)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
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1 John 4:7-9
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1 John 4:7-9
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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) 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(D) 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(E) into the world that we might live through him.(F)
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