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By this the love of God was manifested1in us, that 2God has sent His onlybegottenSon into the worldso that we might livethrough Him.
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In this is love, 3not that we lovedGod, but that 4He loved us and sent His Son to be 5the propitiation for our sins.
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6Beloved, ifGodsoloved us, 7we alsoought to loveoneanother.
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8Noone has seenGod at anytime; if we loveoneanother, Godabides in us, and His 9love is perfected in us.
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10By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
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We have seen and 11testify that the Father has 12sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
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13Whoever*confesses that 14Jesus is the Son of God, God15abides in him, and he in God.
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16We have come to know and have believed the lovewhichGodhas17for us. 18God is love, and the one who 19abides in loveabides in God, and Godabides in him.
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By this, 20love is perfected with us, so that we may have21confidence in 22the day of judgment; because23as He is, so also are we in thisworld.
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There is nofear in love; but 24perfectlovecasts out fear, becausefearinvolvespunishment, and the one who fears is not 25perfected in love.