Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
15 Whosoever shall confess 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 charity that God has in us. God is charity, and he that abides in charity 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 In this the charity with us is made perfect, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, that 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 In charity there is no fear; but charity that is perfect casts out fear; because fear has torment; from which he that fears is not complete in charity.
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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 anyone says, I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that 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 we have this commandment from him, That he who loves God loves 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.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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