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1 John 4:11

New International Reader's Version

Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we should also love one another.

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The authority on the law replied, “The one who felt sorry for him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do as he did.”

“I give you a new command. Love one another. You must love one another, just as I have loved you.

Get rid of all hard feelings, anger and rage. Stop all fighting and lying. Don’t have anything to do with any kind of hatred.

Put up with one another. Forgive one another if you are holding something against someone. Forgive, just as the Lord forgave you.

Dear friends, I’m not writing you a new command. Instead, I’m writing one you have heard before. You have had it since the beginning.

From the beginning we have heard that we should love one another.

God has commanded us to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. He has also commanded us to love one another.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become a child of God and knows God.

Dear lady, I’m not writing you a new command. I’m writing a command we’ve had from the beginning. I’m asking that we love one another.