1 John 2:3-6

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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

³We know^(A) that we have come to know him^(B) if we keep his commands.^(C) ⁴Whoever says, “I know him,”^(D) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.^(E) ⁵But if anyone obeys his word,^(F) love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them.^(G) This is how we know^(H) we are in him: ⁶Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.^(I)

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1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love

1 John 2:15-17

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On Not Loving the World

¹⁵Do not love the world or anything in the world.^(A) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father^[a] is not in them.^(B) ¹⁶For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,^(C) the lust of the eyes,^(D) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. ¹⁷The world and its desires pass away,^(E) but whoever does the will of God^(F) lives forever.

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1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love

1 John 5:1-5

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Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

5 Everyone who believes^(A) that Jesus is the Christ^(B) is born of God,^(C) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.^(D) ²This is how we know^(E) that we love the children of God:^(F) by loving God and carrying out his commands. ³In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.^(G) And his commands are not burdensome,^(H) ⁴for everyone born of God^(I) overcomes^(J) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. ⁵Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.^(K)