He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, the same is he that loveth me: and he shall be loved of my father, and I will love him, and will show mine own self unto him."

"AS the father hath loved me, even so have I loved you. Continue in my love.

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

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love, and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God in him.

We know that all that are born of God, sin not: but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and that wicked toucheth 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 the death.

The mercy

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

Unto Timothy, his natural son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God our father, and from Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord.

To Timothy, his beloved son. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the father, and from Jesus Christ our Lord.

Unto

That as sin had reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by the help of Jesus Christ.

For the reward of sin is death: but eternal life is the gift of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

He that believeth in the son of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not God, maketh him a liar, because he doth not believe the witness that God hath testified of his son.

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