New King James Version NKJV
New International Version NIV
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
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No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
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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.
14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
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And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.
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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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 them.
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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This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.
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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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.
19 We love Him because He first loved us.
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We love because he first loved us.
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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Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
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And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
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