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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 and sisters.
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If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
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Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
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Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
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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 and sisters.
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If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
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Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
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This 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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If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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John 10:11
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John 15:13
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Philippians 2:17
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1 Thessalonians 2:8
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Deuteronomy 15:7,8
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James 2:15,16
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1 John 4:20
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1 John 2:1
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Ezekiel 33:31
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Romans 12:9
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