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1 John 4:18
Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012
A real love for others will chase those worries away. The thought of being punished is what makes us afraid. It shows that we have not really learnt to love.
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1 John 4:4
Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit is in you and is more powerful than the one that is in the world.
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1 John 4:19
We love because God loved us first.
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1 John 4:7
My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows that we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.
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1 John 4:8
God is love, and anyone who doesn't love others has never known him.
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1 John 4:10
Real love isn't our love for God, but his love for us. God sent his Son to be the sacrifice by which our sins are forgiven.
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1 John 4:11
Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we must love each other.
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1 John 4:9
God showed his love for us when he sent his only Son into the world to give us life.
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1 John 4:20
But if we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don't love the people we can see?
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1 John 4:15
God stays united with everyone who openly says that Jesus is the Son of God. That's how we stay united with God
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1 John 4:21
The commandment that God has given us is: “Love God and love each other!”
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1 John 4:1-2
Dear friends, don't believe everyone who claims to have the Spirit of God. Test them all to find out if they really do come from God. Many false prophets have already gone out into the world, and you can know which ones come from God. His Spirit says that Jesus Christ had a truly human body.
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1 John 4:3
But when someone doesn't say this about Jesus, you know that person has a spirit that doesn't come from God and is the enemy of Christ. You knew that this enemy was coming into the world and now is already here.
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