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15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
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16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
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16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
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17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
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17 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.
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18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
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18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
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19 We love Him because He first loved us.
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19 We love because he first loved us.
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20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
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20 If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
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21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
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21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
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| Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) |
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) |
