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1 John 4 God is love

John tells the Saints to try the spirits, because a spirit that confesses Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. God is love; he loved us first and sent his Son. There is no fear in love, for perfect love casts out fear.

21 of 21 verses connected · 47 talks · 92 verse-to-talk connections

Come, Follow Me 2027Week 48 · November 22–28

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1 John 4

  1. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 connected talks)
  2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: (1 connected talks)
  3. And 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. (1 connected talks)
  4. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (1 connected talks)
  5. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. (1 connected talks)
  6. We 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. (1 connected talks)
  7. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (5 connected talks)
  8. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (12 connected talks)
  9. In 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. (6 connected talks)
  10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (8 connected talks)
  11. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. (6 connected talks)
  12. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. (3 connected talks)
  13. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. (1 connected talks)
  14. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (2 connected talks)
  15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. (1 connected talks)
  16. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (6 connected talks)
  17. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. (1 connected talks)
  18. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. (11 connected talks)
  19. We love him, because he first loved us. (19 connected talks)
  20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? (2 connected talks)
  21. And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (3 connected talks)

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