1 John 4:7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him].
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1 John 4:7
Lexham English Bible
God’s Love Revealed
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
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1 John 4:11-12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
11 Beloved, if God loved us so [very much], we also ought to love one another.
12 No man has at any time [yet] seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us!
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1 John 4:11-12
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11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us and his love is perfected in us.
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1 John 4:21
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
21 And this command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him: that he who loves God shall love his brother [[a]believer] also.
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- 1 John 4:21 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
1 John 4:21
Lexham English Bible
21 And this is the commandment we have from him: that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
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