He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

The mercy

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Unto

that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

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And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal.