He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."

As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love.

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts;

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

We know that anyone born of God does not sin; but he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to the death.

The mercy

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

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

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

Unto

so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to 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 who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given of his Son.

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And this is what he has promised useternal life.