He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.

As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.

who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.

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

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one born of God guards himself, and the evil one does not touch him.

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul until death.

The mercy

For the Law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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

Unto

so that as sin has reigned to death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to 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 who believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself. He who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the record that God gave of His Son.

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And this is the promise that He has promised us: everlasting life.