1 John 4:11-16 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
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- Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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- No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
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- By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
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- And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
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- Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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- And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.