1 John 4:20
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20 Those who say, “I love God,” and hate a brother or sister are liars, for those who do not love a brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(A)
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1 John 3:17
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17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?(A)
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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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1 John 4:12
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12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.(A)
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1 John 2:4
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4 Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;
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1 John 2:11
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11 But whoever hates a brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.(A)
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1 John 1:6
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6 If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;
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1 Peter 1:8
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8 Although you have not seen[a] him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,(A)
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- 1.8 Other ancient authorities read known
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