No one has ever seen God; but if we loveG25 one another, God remains in us, and His loveG26 is perfectedG5048 in us. 1 John 4:12 G5048 τελειόω teleióō – (II) Metaphorically meaning to make perfect although not faultless but…

BelovedG27, if God so lovedG25 us, we also oughtG3784 to loveG25 one another. 1 John 4:11 G3784 ὀφείλω opheílō – Metaphorically, to be bound or obligated to perform a duty, meaning I ought, must . . . The Complete Word…

This is how God’s loveG26 was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. And loveG26 consists in this: not that we lovedG25 God, but that He lovedG25…

BelovedG27, let us loveG25 one another, because loveG26 comes from God. Everyone who lovesG25 has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not loveG25 does not know God, because God is loveG26. 1 John 4:7-8 G27 agapētós  –…

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should loveG25 one another just as He commanded us. 1 John 3:23 (BSB) Love (agapáō) is imperative. God does not have…

By this we know what loveG26 is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we oughtG3784 to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from…

By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousnessG1343 is not of God, nor is anyone who does not loveG25 his brother. This is the message you have heard…

Do not loveG25 the world or anything in the world. If anyone lovesG25 the world, the loveG26 of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes,…

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, loveG26. For…