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1 John 4:11

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Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
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  1. John 15:12–13Rank 1 from verse 11
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    12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

    13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

  2. Colossians 3:13Rank 2 from verse 11
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    13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

  3. John 13:34Rank 3 from verse 11
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    34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

  4. 1 John 3:23Rank 4 from verse 11
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    23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

  5. Luke 10:37Rank 5 from verse 11
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    37And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

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1 John 4:11

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loved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of love, meaning to regard with affection or devotion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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4:1BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

4:2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

4:3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

4:5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

4:6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

4:9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

4:13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

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