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.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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,
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 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.
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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