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7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
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Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
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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 real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
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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 loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
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Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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