The Command to Love

3 Behold ^(A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that ^(B)we should be called children of ^[a]God! Therefore the world does not know ^[b]us, ^(C)because it did not know Him.

¹² But ^(A)as many as received Him, to them He gave the ^[a]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

Sons and Heirs

²⁶ For you ^(A)are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

^5 (A)to redeem those who were under the law, ^(B)that we might receive the adoption as sons.

⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent forth ^(C)the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, ^[a]“Abba, Father!”

²⁵ O righteous Father! ^(A)The world has not known You, but ^(B)I have known You; and ^(C)these have known that You sent Me.

^16 (A)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten ^(B)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

^9 (A)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten ^(B)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is love, ^(C)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son ^(D)to be the propitiation for our sins.