1 John 4:7-9

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God Is Love

⁷Beloved, ^(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. ⁹In 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 4:19-21

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¹⁹^(A)We love because he first loved us. ²⁰^(B)If anyone says, “I love God,” and ^(C)hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot^[a] love God ^(D)whom he has not seen. ²¹And ^(E)this commandment we have from him: ^(F)whoever loves God must also love his brother.