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1 John 4:7-9
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 John 4:7-9
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Be Loving One Another, Because The Love Is From God
7 Beloved, let us be loving one another. Because the love[a] is from God! And everyone loving has been born[b] from God, and knows God. 8 The one not loving did not know God, because God is love.
God Made His Love Known To Us By Sending His Son
9 By this God’s love was made-known among[c] us: that God has sent-forth His only-born[d] Son into the world in order that we might live through Him.
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- 1 John 4:7 That is, this love, the love just mentioned. Or, love, in an abstract sense.
- 1 John 4:7 Or, fathered. This love flows from a living relationship with God.
- 1 John 4:9 Or, in-connection-with; or, in.
- 1 John 4:9 Or, unique, one-and-only, only-begotten.
1 John 4:7-9
New International Version
1 John 4:7-9
New International Version
God’s Love and Ours
7 Dear friends, let us love one another,(A) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God(B) and knows God.(C) 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(D) 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(E) into the world that we might live through him.(F)
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