71Beloved, let us 2loveoneanother, for love is from God; and 3everyone who loves is 4born of God and 5knowsGod.
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The one who does not love does not knowGod, for 6God is love.
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By this the love of God was manifested7in us, that 8God has sent His onlybegottenSon into the worldso that we might livethrough Him.
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In this is love, 9not that we lovedGod, but that 10He loved us and sent His Son to be 11the propitiation for our sins.
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12Beloved, ifGodsoloved us, 13we alsoought to loveoneanother.
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14Noone has seenGod at anytime; if we loveoneanother, Godabides in us, and His 15love is perfected in us.
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16By 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 17testify that the Father has 18sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
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19Whoever*confesses that 20Jesus is the Son of God, God21abides in him, and he in God.
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22We have come to know and have believed the lovewhichGodhas23for us. 24God is love, and the one who 25abides in loveabides in God, and Godabides in him.