He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.

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

Who, when he came and had seen the grace of God, was glad and exhorted them all to remain in their purpose of heart in the Lord.

And we have known and believed the charity that God has in us. God is charity, and he that abides in charity abides in God, and God in him.

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

And they have overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

The mercy

For the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth of God came through Jesus, the Christ.

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

to Timothy, dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace of God the Father and of Christ Jesus our Lord.

Unto

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

For the wages of sin is death, but the grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

He that believes in the Son of God has the witness of God in himself; he that does not believe God has made God a liar; because he does not believe the witness that God has testified of his Son.

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