1 John 4:4-16
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Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for c he who is in you is greater than d he who is in the world.
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e They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and f the world listens to them.
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We are from God. g Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know h the Spirit of truth and i the spirit of error.
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Beloved, j let us love one another, for love is from God, and k whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
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l Anyone who does not love does not know God, because m God is love.
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In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that n God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
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In this is love, o not that we have loved God n but that he loved us and sent his Son to be p the propitiation for our sins.
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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q No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and r his love is perfected in us.
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s By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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And t we have seen and testify that u the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of v the world.
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w Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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So x we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. y God is love, and z whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
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John 3:31
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
John 8:23
He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
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John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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John 8:47
Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.
John 10:16
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
John 18:37
Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
1 Corinthians 14:37
If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.
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John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
John 15:26
But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
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1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
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1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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1 John 2:29
If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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1 John 3:10
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
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1 John 4:16
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
1 John 1:5
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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Romans 5:8
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
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1 John 4:9
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
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1 John 2:2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
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1 John 4:20
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
1 Timothy 6:16
Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
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1 John 2:5
But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
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1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
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1 John 1:1 - 2
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
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John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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1 John 2:2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
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1 John 5:5
Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Matthew 14:33
And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God.
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John 6:69
And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.
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1 John 4:8
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
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