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23 And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.

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12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.

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34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

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Love One Another

11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

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Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.

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22 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters.[a] Love each other deeply with all your heart.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:22a Greek must have brotherly love.
  2. 1:22b Some manuscripts read with a pure heart.

29 Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”

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21 And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.[a]

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  1. 4:21 Greek The one who loves God must also love his brother.

But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other,[a] for God himself has taught you to love one another.

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  1. 4:9 Greek about brotherly love.

Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us[a] and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.

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  1. 5:2 Some manuscripts read loved you.

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son. Listen to him.”

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Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.

If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer,[a] that person is still living in darkness. 10 Anyone who loves a fellow believer[b] is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.

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  1. 2:9 Greek hates his brother; also in 2:11.
  2. 2:10 Greek loves his brother.

39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[a]

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  1. 22:39 Lev 19:18.

True and False Prophets

15 Moses continued, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. 16 For this is what you yourselves requested of the Lord your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai.[a] You said, ‘Don’t let us hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.’

17 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘What they have said is right. 18 I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him. 19 I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.

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  1. 18:16 Hebrew Horeb, another name for Sinai.

31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”

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And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

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Jesus, the Way to the Father

14 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.

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12 Submit to God’s royal son,[a] or he will become angry,
    and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
    But what joy for all who take refuge in him!

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  1. 2:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

15 This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all.

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