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1 John 4
1 John 4:11-12
1 John 4
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Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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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1 John 4:11 in Other Translations
KJV
11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
ESV
11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
NLT
11
Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
MSG
11
My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other.
CSB
11
Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.
1 John 4:11-12 In-Context
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This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
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
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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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This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.
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And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
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1 Corinthians 10:14
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John 3:16
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John 15:12
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1 John 3:11
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John 1:18
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1 Timothy 6:16
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ver 17;
1 John 2:5
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.
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