Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A)

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20 (A)If anyone says, “I love God,” and (B)hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot[a] love God (C)whom he has not seen. 21 And (D)this commandment we have from him: (E)whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Overcoming the World

(F)Everyone who believes that (G)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and (H)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

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  1. 1 John 4:20 Some manuscripts how can he

20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(A) is a liar.(B) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(C) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(D) 21 And he has given us this command:(E) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(F)

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

Everyone who believes(G) that Jesus is the Christ(H) is born of God,(I) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(J)

Suffering for Righteousness' Sake

Finally, all of you, (A)have unity of mind, sympathy, (B)brotherly love, (C)a tender heart, and (D)a humble mind.

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Suffering for Doing Good

Finally, all of you, be like-minded,(A) be sympathetic, love one another,(B) be compassionate and humble.(C)

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22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

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22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a]

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  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart

and godliness (A)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection (B)with love.

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and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.(A)

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17 (A)Honor everyone. (B)Love the brotherhood. (C)Fear God. Honor the emperor.

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17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers,(A) fear God, honor the emperor.(B)

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And now I ask you, dear lady—(A)not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—(B)that we love one another. And (C)this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just (D)as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

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And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.(A) I ask that we love one another. And this is love:(B) that we walk in obedience to his commands.(C) As you have heard from the beginning,(D) his command is that you walk in love.

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Whoever says he is in the light and (A)hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him[a] there is no (B)cause for stumbling.

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  1. 1 John 2:10 Or it

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[a](A) is still in the darkness.(B) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[b] lives in the light,(C) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
  2. 1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.

24 And (A)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

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24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,(A)

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Thanksgiving

(A)We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,[a] as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

Thanksgiving and Prayer

We ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters,[a] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.

Marks of the True Christian

(A)Let love be genuine. (B)Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 (C)Love one another with brotherly affection. (D)Outdo one another in showing honor.

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Love in Action

Love must be sincere.(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.(B) 10 Be devoted to one another in love.(C) Honor one another above yourselves.(D)

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Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since (A)love covers a multitude of sins.

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Above all, love each other deeply,(A) because love covers over a multitude of sins.(B)

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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, patience, (C)kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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22 But the fruit(A) of the Spirit is love,(B) joy, peace,(C) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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