Psalm 89:1-7

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I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil^[a] of ^(A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 ^(B)I will sing of ^(C)the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
    with my mouth I will make known your ^(D)faithfulness to all generations.
²For I said, ^(E)“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
    in the heavens ^(F)you will establish your ^(G)faithfulness.”
³You have said, “I have made ^(H)a covenant with my ^(I)chosen one;
    I have ^(J)sworn to David my servant:
⁴‘I will establish your ^(K)offspring forever,
    and build your ^(L)throne for all generations.’” Selah

⁵Let ^(M)the heavens praise your ^(N)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of ^(O)the holy ones!
⁶For ^(P)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(Q)Who among the heavenly beings^[b] is like the Lord,
⁷a God greatly ^(R)to be feared in the council of ^(S)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(T)who are around him?

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Psalm 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might

1 John 3:11-24

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Love One Another

¹¹For ^(A)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(B)that we should love one another. ¹²We should not be like ^(C)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^(D)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. ¹³Do not be surprised, brothers,^[a] ^(E)that the world hates you. ¹⁴We know that ^(F)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. ¹⁵^(G)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^(H)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶By this we know love, that ^(I)he laid down his life for us, and ^(J)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. ¹⁷But ^(K)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^(L)closes his heart against him, ^(M)how does God's love abide in him? ¹⁸Little children, let us not ^(N)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(O)in truth.

¹⁹By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; ²⁰for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. ²¹Beloved, ^(P)if our heart does not condemn us, ^(Q)we have confidence before God; ²²and ^(R)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^(S)do what pleases him. ²³And this is his commandment, ^(T)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^(U)love one another, ^(V)just as he has commanded us. ²⁴^(W)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[b] and God^[c] in him. And ^(X)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

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1 John 3:13 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; also verses 14, 16
1 John 3:24 Greek him
1 John 3:24 Greek he

John 15:8-17

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⁸^(A)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(B)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ⁹^(C)As the Father has loved me, ^(D)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ¹⁰^(E)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^(F)I have kept ^(G)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, ^(H)that my joy may be in you, and that ^(I)your joy may be full.

¹²^(J)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³^(K)Greater love has no one than this, ^(L)that someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are ^(M)my friends ^(N)if you do what I command you. ¹⁵^(O)No longer do I call you servants,^[a] for the servant ^(P)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^(Q)all that I have heard from my Father ^(R)I have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but ^(S)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^(T)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^(U)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷These things I command you, ^(V)so that you will love one another.

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John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20