1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

I am not speaking this as a command, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord forgave you, so you also must forgive.

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

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