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do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”
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A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
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By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
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These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
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Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
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Fulfilling the Law Through Love
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
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Final Greetings
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
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For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
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with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
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and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you,
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Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
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Thanksgiving
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, 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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And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
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Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
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Love One Another
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
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God Is Love
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
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And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
