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11 Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.(A)

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23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.(A)

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12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.(A) 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(B)

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16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.(A) 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?(B)

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13 Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord[a] has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

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  1. 3.13 Other ancient authorities read just as Christ

34 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.(A)

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31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.(A) 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.[a](B) Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,(C) and walk in love, as Christ loved us[b] and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(D)

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  1. 4.32 Other ancient authorities read us
  2. 5.2 Other ancient authorities read you

I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.(A) For you know the generous act[a] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.(B)

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  1. 8.9 Gk the grace or gift

37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

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32 Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’

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