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1 John 3:16-17
The Message
1 John 3:16-17
The Message
16-17 This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.
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The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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