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16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
8But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,
8Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.
16And 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.
18Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth. 7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
8But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.
16We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.
1If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal. 2And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing. 3And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing. 4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.
13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.