Bible Cross References
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1 John 4:20
If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.
1 John 4:21
The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also.
1 John 2:10
If we love others, we live in the light, and so there is nothing in us that will cause someone else to sin.
1 John 3:10-23
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Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.
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The message you heard from the very beginning is this: we must love one another.
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We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.
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So do not be surprised, my friends, if the people of the world hate you.
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We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love others. Those who do not love are still under the power of death.
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Those who hate others are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life in them.
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This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!
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If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God?
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My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.
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This, then, is how we will know that we belong to the truth; this is how we will be confident in God's presence.
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If our conscience condemns us, we know that God is greater than our conscience and that he knows everything.
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And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.
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We receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
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What he commands is that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as Christ commanded us.
1 John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.
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1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
Deuteronomy 30:6
The LORD your God will give you and your descendants obedient hearts, so that you will love him with all your heart, and you will continue to live in that land.
Galatians 5:22
But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
1 Thessalonians 4:9
There is no need to write you about love for each other. You yourselves have been taught by God how you should love one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
And you have, in fact, behaved like this toward all the believers in all of Macedonia. So we beg you, our friends, to do even more.
2 Timothy 1:7
For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control.
1 Peter 1:22
Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.
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1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.
1 John 2:29
You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.
1 John 3:14
We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love others. Those who do not love are still under the power of death.
1 John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.
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John 17:3
And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
2 Corinthians 4:6
The God who said, "Out of darkness the light shall shine!" is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.
Galatians 4:9
But now that you know God---or, I should say, now that God knows you---how is it that you want to turn back to those weak and pitiful ruling spirits? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?