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1 John 4:11-18 ESV
(11) Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
(12) No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
(13) By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
(14) And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
(15) Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
(16) So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
(17) By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
(18) There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 4:11-18 NWT
11 Beloved ones, if this is how God loved us, then we are ourselves under obligation to love one another. 12 At no time has anyone beheld God. If we continue loving one another, God remains in us and his love is made perfect in us. 13 By this we gain the knowledge that we are remaining in union with him and he in union with us, because he has imparted his spirit to us. 14 In addition, we ourselves have beheld and are bearing witness that the Father has sent forth his Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever makes the confession that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, God remains in union with such one and he in union with God. 16 And we ourselves have come to know and have believed the love that God has in our case. God is love, and he that remains in love remains in union with God and God remains in union with him. 17 This is how love has been made perfect with us, that we may have freeness of speech in the day of judgment, because, just as that one is, so are we ourselves in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love throws fear outside, because fear exercises a restraint. Indeed, he that is under fear has not been made perfect in love.
1 John 4:11-18 CEV
(11) Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we must love each other.
(12) No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.
(13) God has given us his Spirit. That is how we know that we are one with him, just as he is one with us.
(14) God sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We saw his Son and are now telling others about him.
(15) God stays one with everyone who openly says that Jesus is the Son of God. That's how we stay one with God
(16) and are sure that God loves us. God is love. If we keep on loving others, we will stay one in our hearts with God, and he will stay one with us.
(17) If we truly love others and live as Christ did in this world, we won't be worried about the day of judgment.
(18) A real love for others will chase those worries away. The thought of being punished is what makes us afraid. It shows that we have not really learned to love.
1 John 4:11-18 GW
(11) Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love each other.
(12) No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
(13) We know that we live in him and he lives in us because he has given us his Spirit.
(14) We have seen and testify to the fact that the Father sent his Son as the Savior of the world.
(15) God lives in those who declare that Jesus is the Son of God, and they live in God.
(16) We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God's love live in God, and God lives in them.
(17) God's love has reached its goal in us. So we look ahead with confidence to the day of judgment. While we are in this world, we are exactly like him with regard to love.
(18) No fear exists where his love is. Rather, perfect love gets rid of fear, because fear involves punishment. The person who lives in fear doesn't have perfect love.
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The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation