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1 John 4:11-13
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 John 4:11-13
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
We Ought To Be Loving As He Loved Us
11 Beloved, if God loved us in-this-manner[a], we also ought to be loving one another.
Love Makes the Unseen God Visible In Us, Together With Our Confession of Christ
12 No one has ever seen God; if we are loving[b] one another, God is abiding in us, and His love[c] has been perfected[d] in us. 13 By this[e] we know that we are abiding in Him and He in us: because He has given to us of His Spirit.
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- 1 John 4:11 Or, to such an extent.
- 1 John 4:12 That is, with the love from God (v 7) made known to us in His Son (v 9).
- 1 John 4:12 Or, our love for Him.
- 1 John 4:12 Or, brought to its goal, brought to full development.
- 1 John 4:13 John knows love cannot stand alone as a witness that God is abiding in us, so he now inseparably links it to two other witnesses, the Spirit and our confession of Christ.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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