John
give the last word on love.
These
14 verses are so chock full of truth it is amazing.
Don't
just read it once – read it 2 or 3 times, or more.
There's
SO MUCH truth about love & loving.
1 John 4
7 Dear
friends, let us continue to love one another,
for love comes from God.
Anyone who loves is a child of God
and knows God.
8 But
anyone who does not love does not know God,
for God is love.
9 God
showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the
world so that we might have eternal life through him.
10 This
is real love;
not that we loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as a sacrifice to
take away our sins.
11 Dear
friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each
other.
12 No
one has ever seen God.
But if we love each other,
God lives in us,
and his love is brought to full
expression in us.
13 And
God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in
us.
14 Furthermore,
we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent
his Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 All
who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them,
and they live in God.
16 We
know how much God loves us,
and we have put our trust in his
love.
God is love,
and all who live in love live in
God,
and God lives in them.
17 And
as we live in God, our love grows more perfect.
So we will not be afraid on the day
of judgment,
but we can face him with confidence
because we live like Jesus here in
this world.
18 Such love has no fear,
because perfect love expels all
fear.
If we are afraid, it is for fear of
punishment,
and this shows that we have not
fully experienced his perfect love.
19 We
love each other because he loved us first.
20 If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar;
for if we don't love people we can
see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
21 And
he has given us this command:
Those who love God must also love
their Christian brothers and sisters.
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