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| 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. | 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. |
| 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. | 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| 12 No one has seen God at any time ; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. | 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. |
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