And (A)walk in love, (B)as Christ loved us and (C)gave himself up for us, a (D)fragrant (E)offering and sacrifice to God.

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18 (A)You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but (B)you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

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17 These things I command you, (A)so that you will love one another.

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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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26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, (A)all rejoice together.

27 Now (B)you are the body of Christ and individually (C)members of it.

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23 And this is his commandment, (A)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and (B)love one another, (C)just as he has commanded us.

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21 And (A)this commandment we have from him: (B)whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Overcoming the World

(C)Everyone who believes that (D)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and (E)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

God Is Love

Beloved, (A)let us love one another, for love is from God, and (B)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. (C)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (D)God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (E)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (F)not that we have loved God (G)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (H)the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, (A)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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12 (A)Put on then, as (B)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, (C)compassionate hearts, (D)kindness, (E)humility, meekness, and patience, 13 (F)bearing with one another and, (G)if one has a complaint against another, (H)forgiving each other; (I)as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

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The New Commandment

Beloved, I am writing you (A)no new commandment, but (B)an old commandment (C)that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is (D)a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because[a] (E)the darkness is passing away and (F)the true light is already shining. Whoever says he is in the light and (G)hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him[b] there is no (H)cause for stumbling.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:8 Or that
  2. 1 John 2:10 Or it

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