A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Alexander, William • SECTION 115

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Beloved, let us love Beloved, let us love one another: for love one another: for love is of God; and every is of God; and every one that loveth is born one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth of God, and God. He that loveth knoweth God. He not knoweth not God; that loveth not knoweth for God is love. In not God; for God this was manifested is love. Herein was the love of God toward the love of God manifested us, because that in us, that God God sent His only begotten hath sent His only begotten Son into the Son into the world, that we might world, that we might live through Him. live through Him. Herein is love, not Herein is love, not that we loved God, that we loved God, but that He loved us, but that He loved us, and sent His Son _to be_ and sent His Son _to be_ the propitiation for our the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought so loved us, we also also to love one another. ought to love one another. No man hath No man hath seen God at any time. beheld God at any If we love one another, time: if we love one God dwelleth in us, another, God abideth and His love is perfected in us, and His love is in us. Hereby perfected in us: hereby know we that we dwell know we that we in Him, and He in us, abide in Him, and He because He hath given in us, because He hath us of His Spirit. And given us of His Spirit. we have seen and do And we have beheld testify that the Father and bear witness that sent the Son _to be_ the the Father hath sent Saviour of the world. the Son _to be_ the Whosoever shall confess Saviour of the world. that Jesus is the Whosoever shall confess Son of God, God dwelleth that Jesus is the in him, and he in Son of God, God abideth God. And we have in him, and he in known and believed God. And we know the love that God hath and have believed the to us. God is love: love which God hath and he that dwelleth in us. God is love; in love dwelleth in and he that abideth in God, and God in him. love abideth in God, Herein is our love and God abideth in made perfect, that we him. Herein is love may have boldness in made perfect with us, the day of judgment: that we may have boldness because as He is, so in the day of are we in this world. judgment; because as There is no fear in He is, even so are we love; but perfect love in this world. There casteth out fear: because is no fear in love: but fear hath torment. perfect love casteth out He that feareth fear, because fear hath is not made perfect punishment; and he in love. We love that feareth is not Him, because He made perfect in love. first loved us. If a We love, because He man say, I love God, first loved us. If a and hateth his brother, man say, I love God, he is a liar: for he and hateth his brother, that loveth not his he is a liar: for he brother whom he hath that loveth not his seen, how can he love brother whom he hath God whom he hath not seen, cannot love God seen? And this commandment whom he hath not seen. have we And this commandment from Him, That he have we from who loveth God love Him, that he who his brother also. loveth God love his brother also. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ Whosoever believeth is born of God: and that Jesus is the Christ every one that loveth is begotten of God: Him that begat loveth and whosoever loveth Him also that is begotten Him that begat loveth of Him. By this we Him also that is begotten know that we love the of Him. Hereby children of God, when we know that we we love God, and keep love the children of His commandments. God, when we love For this is the love of God, and do His commandments. God, that we keep For this His commandments. is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.

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