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16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
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16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
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17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
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17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
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18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
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18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
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19 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence
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19 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence
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20 whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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20 whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
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21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
