1 John 4:10
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10 In this is love, (A)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son (B)to be the propitiation for our sins.
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Ephesians 2:4-5
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4 But God, (A)who is rich in mercy, because of His (B)great love with which He loved us, 5 (C)even when we were dead in trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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Romans 5:8-10
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8 But (A)God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified (B)by His blood, we shall be saved (C)from wrath through Him. 10 For (D)if when we were enemies (E)we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved (F)by His life.
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1 John 2:2
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2 And (A)He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (B)also for the whole world.
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1 John 4:19
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John 15:16
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16 (A)You did not choose Me, but I chose you and (B)appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father (C)in My name He may give you.
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1 John 4:8-9
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8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 (A)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten (B)Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
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John 3:16
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16 (A)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (B)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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1 John 3:1
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The Command to Love
3 Behold (A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that (B)we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know [b]us, (C)because it did not know Him.
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- 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
- 1 John 3:1 M you
Titus 3:3-5
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3 For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 4 But when (B)the kindness and the love of (C)God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 (D)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through (E)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
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Deuteronomy 7:7-8
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7 The Lord did not set His (A)love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were (B)the least of all peoples; 8 but (C)because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep (D)the oath which He swore to your fathers, (E)the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of [a]bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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- Deuteronomy 7:8 slavery
1 Peter 3:18
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Christ’s Suffering and Ours
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring [a]us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
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- 1 Peter 3:18 NU, M you
2 Corinthians 5:19-21
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19 that is, that (A)God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not [a]imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then, we are (B)ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For (C)He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become (D)the righteousness of God in Him.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:19 reckoning
1 Peter 2:24
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24 (A)who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, (B)that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—(C)by whose [a]stripes you were healed.
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- 1 Peter 2:24 wounds
Romans 8:29-30
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29 For whom (A)He foreknew, (B)He also predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of His Son, (D)that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also (E)called; whom He called, these He also (F)justified; and whom He justified, these He also (G)glorified.
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Romans 3:25-26
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25 whom God set forth (A)as a [a]propitiation (B)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over (C)the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
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- Romans 3:25 mercy seat
Daniel 9:24
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24 “Seventy [a]weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
[b]To make an end of sins,
(A)To make reconciliation for iniquity,
(B)To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
(C)And to anoint [c]the Most Holy.
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- Daniel 9:24 Lit. sevens, and so throughout the chapter
- Daniel 9:24 So with Qr., LXX, Syr., Vg.; Kt., Theodotion To seal up
- Daniel 9:24 The Most Holy Place
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