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MAY LOVE BE MULTIPLIED
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, lovedG25 by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace, and loveG26 be multipliedG4129 to you. Jude 1:1-2 Jude identifies himself as…
LIFESTYLE OF LOVE
And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we loveG25 one another. And this is loveG26, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very…
GOD’S SACRIFICIAL VICTORIOUS LOVE
OVERCOMING THE WORLD
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who lovesG25 the Father also lovesG25 those born of Him. By this we know that we loveG25 the children of God: when we loveG25 God…
LOVER OR LIAR?
If anyone says, “I loveG25 God,” but hatesG3404 his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not loveG25 his brother, whom he has seen, cannot loveG25 God, whom he has not seen. And we have this commandment from…
HE FIRST LOVED US
We loveG25 because He first lovedG25 us. 1 John 4:19 All human love is preceded and generated by the love of God. Vincent’s Word Studies The only reason we have the capacity to love is because God loved us first.…
NO FEAR
In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him. There is no fear in loveG26, but perfect loveG26 drives out…
ABIDING IN LOVE
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have come to know and believe the loveG26 that God has for us. God is loveG26; whoever abides in loveG26 abides…
LOVE PERFECTED
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…
WE OUGHT TO LOVE
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…