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John Chapter 3: 16-24
16This is how we know what
love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for
our brothers. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees
his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with
actions and in truth. 19This then is how we know that we
belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 20whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our
hearts, and he knows everything.
21Dear
friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his
commands and do what pleases him. 23And this is his command:
to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded
us. 24Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in
them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
