God’s love was revealed among us in this way:[a] God sent(A) His One and Only Son(B) into the world so that we might live(C) through Him. 10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us(D) and sent His Son to be the[b] propitiation(E) for our sins. 11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.(F)

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This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(A) into the world that we might live through him.(B) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(C) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(D) 11 Dear friends,(E) since God so loved us,(F) we also ought to love one another.(G)

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