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 have I loved you: continue you in my love.

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cling unto the Lord.

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

We know that whosoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not.

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

The mercy

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

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

He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself: he that believes not God has made him a liar; because he believes not the witness that God gave of his Son.

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