1 John 4:8-10

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8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

9 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 love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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Cross References 5

1. ver 7,16
2. John 1:18
3. John 3:16,17; 1 John 5:11
4. Romans 5:8,10
5. S Romans 3:25; 1 John 2:2

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