1 John 4: 11 - 18
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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| 12
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No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
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| 13
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By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit.
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| 14
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And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.
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| 15
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Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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| 16
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So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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| 17
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In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.
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| 18
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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love.
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