Psalm 22:25-31

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²⁵From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(A)
    before those who fear you^[a] I will fulfill my vows.^(B)
²⁶The poor will eat^(C) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(D)
    may your hearts live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth^(E)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(F)
²⁸for dominion belongs to the Lord^(G)
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹All the rich^(H) of the earth will feast and worship;^(I)
    all who go down to the dust^(J) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.^(K)
³⁰Posterity^(L) will serve him;
    future generations^(M) will be told about the Lord.
³¹They will proclaim his righteousness,^(N)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:^(O)
    He has done it!^(P)

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Psalm 22:25 Hebrew him

1 John 4:7-21

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God’s Love and Ours

⁷Dear friends, let us love one another,^(A) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God^(B) and knows God.^(C) ⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.^(D) ⁹This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son^(E) into the world that we might live through him.^(F) ¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(G) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.^(H) ¹¹Dear friends,^(I) since God so loved us,^(J) we also ought to love one another.^(K) ¹²No one has ever seen God;^(L) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(M)

¹³This is how we know^(N) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.^(O) ¹⁴And we have seen and testify^(P) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.^(Q) ¹⁵If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,^(R) God lives in them and they in God.^(S) ¹⁶And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.^(T) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.^(U) ¹⁷This is how love is made complete^(V) among us so that we will have confidence^(W) on the day of judgment:^(X) In this world we are like Jesus. ¹⁸There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,^(Y) because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

¹⁹We love because he first loved us.^(Z) ²⁰Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister^(AA) is a liar.^(AB) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,^(AC) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.^(AD) ²¹And he has given us this command:^(AE) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.^(AF)