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11 Beloved,
since God loved us so much,
we should love one another.
12 No one has ever seen God,
but if we love one another,
God abides in us,
and his love is made complete in us.
13 This is how we can be certain
that we abide in him
and that he abides in us:
he has given us a share in his Spirit.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:13 A share in his Spirit: this is the Spirit promised for the Messianic Age (see Acts 2:17-21, 33); he has been poured out into our hearts (see Rom 5:5; 1 Thes 4:8) and brings forth in us the inner certainty that the Apostles proclaimed outwardly (see 1 Jn 5:6f; Acts 5:32)—in this case about the Divine adoption of Christians (see Rom 8:15f; Gal 4:6).

11 Dear friends,(A) since God so loved us,(B) we also ought to love one another.(C) 12 No one has ever seen God;(D) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(E)

13 This is how we know(F) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(G)

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