We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
Let brotherly love continue.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.
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