He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall 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; continue in my love.

who having come and seen the grace of God rejoiced, and exhorted all to adhere to the Lord with the purpose of the heart;

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

We know that every one who has been born of God does not sin, but he that has been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.

And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and exposed their lives to death.

The mercy

for the law was given by Moses, the grace and truth were by Jesus Christ.

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

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

Unto

that as sin reigned in death, so the grace shall reign through righteousness in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

He that believes on the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he that believes not God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified concerning his Son.

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And this is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.