1 John 4:11

New Century Version

Dear friends, if God loved us that much we also should love each other.

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Bear with each other, and forgive each other. If someone does wrong to you, forgive that person because the Lord forgave you.

“I give you a new command: Love each other. You must love each other as I have loved you.

This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we love each other, just as he commanded.

The expert on the law answered, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Then go and do what he did.”

Do not be bitter or angry or mad. Never shout angrily or say things to hurt others. Never do anything evil.

My dear friends, I am not writing a new command to you but an old command you have had from the beginning. It is the teaching you have already heard.

This is the teaching you have heard from the beginning: We must love each other.

Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become God’s child and knows God.

And now, dear lady, this is not a new command but is the same command we have had from the beginning. I ask you that we all love each other.