2 Corinthians 8:8-9
I am not saying this [to you] as a command, but by telling you how eager others are [to help], to find out how genuine your love is also.
Ephesians 5:1-2
So, as dearly loved children, you people should [try to] be like God.
1 John 4:10-11
Here is [the essence of] love: [It is] not that we loved God [first], but that He loved us [See Rom. 5:6-8] and sent His Son to be a "covering over" [i.e., atonement, 2:2] for our sins.
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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2 Corinthians 8:8
I am not saying this [to you] as a command, but by telling you how eager others are [to help], to find out how genuine your love is also.
Ephesians 5:1
So, as dearly loved children, you people should [try to] be like God.
1 John 4:10
Here is [the essence of] love: [It is] not that we loved God [first], but that He loved us [See Rom. 5:6-8] and sent His Son to be a "covering over" [i.e., atonement, 2:2] for our sins.