1 John 3:16
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The Outworking of Love
16 (A)By this we know love, (B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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1 John 3:16
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16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(A) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(B)
1 John 4:9-11
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9 (A)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten (B)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, (C)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son (D)to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, (E)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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1 John 4:9-11
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9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(A) into the world that we might live through him.(B) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(C) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(D) 11 Dear friends,(E) since God so loved us,(F) we also ought to love one another.(G)
John 13:34
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34 (A)A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
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John 13:34
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34 “A new command(A) I give you: Love one another.(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(C)
Ephesians 5:2
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2 And (A)walk in love, (B)as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God (C)for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Ephesians 5:2
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2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(A) and gave himself up for us(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)
John 3:16
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16 (A)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (B)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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Romans 5:8
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8 But (A)God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Romans 5:8
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8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(A)
Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ, (A)the faithful (B)witness, the (C)firstborn from the dead, and (D)the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him (E)who [a]loved us (F)and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
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- Revelation 1:5 NU loves us and freed; M loves us and washed
John 15:12-13
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12 (A)This is My (B)commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (C)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
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John 15:12-13
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12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(A) 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(B)
1 Peter 3:18
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Christ’s Suffering and Ours
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring [a]us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
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- 1 Peter 3:18 NU, M you
Matthew 20:28
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28 just as the Son of Man(A) did not come to be served, but to serve,(B) and to give his life as a ransom(C) for many.”
Acts 20:28
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28 (A)Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit (B)has made you overseers, to shepherd the church [a]of God (C)which He purchased (D)with His own blood.
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- Acts 20:28 M of the Lord and God
Acts 20:28
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28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E)
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- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
Ephesians 5:25
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25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (B)gave Himself for her,
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Ephesians 5:25
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Romans 16:4
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4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
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Romans 16:4
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4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
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