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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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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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Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.(A)

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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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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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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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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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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. 1.8 Other ancient authorities read known