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The one who does not love does not knowGod, for 1God is love.
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By this the love of God was manifested2in us, that 3God has sent His onlybegottenSon into the worldso that we might livethrough Him.
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In this is love, 4not that we lovedGod, but that 5He loved us and sent His Son to be 6the propitiation for our sins.
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7Beloved, ifGodsoloved us, 8we alsoought to loveoneanother.
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9Noone has seenGod at anytime; if we loveoneanother, Godabides in us, and His 10love is perfected in us.
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11By 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 12testify that the Father has 13sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
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14Whoever*confesses that 15Jesus is the Son of God, God16abides in him, and he in God.
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17We have come to know and have believed the lovewhichGodhas18for us. 19God is love, and the one who 20abides in loveabides in God, and Godabides in him.
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By this, 21love is perfected with us, so that we may have22confidence in 23the day of judgment; because24as He is, so also are we in thisworld.
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There is nofear in love; but 25perfectlovecasts out fear, becausefearinvolvespunishment, and the one who fears is not 26perfected in love.