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The one who knows<MG1097> God<MG2316> listens<MG191> to us; the one who<MG3739> is not from God<MG2316> does not listen<MG191> to us. By this<MG3778> we know<MG1097> the spirit<MG4151> of truth<MG225> and the spirit<MG4151> of error<MG4106>. <p class="hdg">God Is Love</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Beloved<MG27>, let’s love<MG25> one<MG240> another<MG240>; for love<MG26> is from God<MG2316>, and everyone<MG3956> who loves<MG25> has been born<MG1080> of God<MG2316> and knows<MG1097> God<MG2316>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The one who does not love<MG25> does not know<MG1097> God<MG2316>, because<MG3754> God<MG2316> is love<MG26>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>By this<MG3778> the love<MG26> of God<MG2316> was revealed<MG5319> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>in us, that God<MG2316> has sent<MG649> His only<MG3439> Son<MG5207> into the world<MG2889> so<MG2443> that<MG2443> we may live<MG2198> through<MG1223> Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In this<MG3778> is love<MG26>, not that we loved<MG25> God<MG2316>, but that He loved<MG25> us and sent<MG649> His Son<MG5207> <i>to be</i> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>propitiation<MG2434> for our sins<MG266>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Beloved<MG27>, if<MG1487> God<MG2316> so<MG3779> loved<MG25> us, we also<MG2532> ought<MG3784> to love<MG25> one<MG240> another<MG240>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>No<MG3762> one<MG3762> has ever<MG4455> seen<MG2300> God<MG2316>; if<MG1437> we love<MG25> one<MG240> another<MG240>, God<MG2316> remains<MG3306> in us, and His love<MG26> is perfected<MG5048> in us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>By this<MG3778> we know<MG1097> that we remain<MG3306> in Him and He in us, because<MG3754> He has given<MG1325> to us of His Spirit<MG4151>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>We have seen<MG2300> and testify<MG3140> that the Father<MG3962> has sent<MG649> the Son<MG5207> <i>to be</i> the Savior<MG4990> of the world<MG2889>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Whoever<MG3739, 1437> confesses<MG3670> that Jesus<MG2424> is the Son<MG5207> of God<MG2316>, God<MG2316> remains<MG3306> in him, and he in God<MG2316>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>We have come<MG1097> to know<MG1097> and have believed<MG4100> the love<MG26> which<MG3739> God<MG2316> has<MG2192> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>for us. God<MG2316> is love<MG26>, and the one who remains<MG3306> in love<MG26> remains<MG3306> in God<MG2316>, and God<MG2316> remains<MG3306> in him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>By this<MG3778>, love<MG26> is perfected<MG5048> with us, so<MG2443> that<MG2443> we may have<MG2192> confidence<MG3954> in the day<MG2250> of judgment<MG2920>; because<MG3754> as He is, we also<MG2532> are in this<MG3778> world<MG2889>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>There is no<MG3756> fear<MG5401> in love<MG26>, but perfect<MG5046> love<MG26> drives<MG906> out fear<MG5401>, because<MG3754> fear<MG5401> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>involves<MG2192> punishment<MG2851>, and the one who fears<MG5399> is not perfected<MG5048> in love<MG26>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>We love<MG25>, because<MG3754> He first<MG4413> loved<MG25> us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If<MG1437> someone<MG5100> says<MG3004>, “I love<MG25> God<MG2316>,” and <i>yet</i> he hates<MG3404> his brother<MG80> <i>or sister,</i> he is a liar<MG5583>; for the one who does not love<MG25> his brother<MG80> <i>and sister</i> whom<MG3739> he has seen<MG3708>, cannot<MG1410, 3756> love<MG25> God<MG2316>, whom<MG3739> he has not seen<MG3708>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And this<MG3778> commandment<MG1785> we have<MG2192> from Him, that the one who loves<MG25> God<MG2316> must also<MG2532> love<MG25> his brother<MG80> <i>and sister.</i><A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>among us;</i> or <i>in our case</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> I.e., means of reconciliation with God by atoning for sins; or <i>sin-offering</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>in</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>has</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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