With fam'ly-like connections, oh my friends,
now let us love each other with the love
that comes from God, the love which never ends.
In fact real love is sourced from up above.
And anyone who loves is born of God
and must know God (of all true love, the source).
If someone does not love, they won't have trod
their track with God (since "God is love") of course.
How God has showed his love among us here:
he sent his one and only Son to Earth
that his strong life might to us soon appear.
The love of God, who knows that love brings worth,
and does what's necessary to make up.
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also
can now love one another. Drink what cup
is now set down before us, though we know
that no-one here on Earth sees God complete;
but loving one another, with love's fuss,
makes up for our mistakes, & is so sweet.
We know that we live in him, he in us,
we're given of his Spirit. As we've told
we've seen and testify that Father God
has sent his Son as Saviour of the world.
When folk acknowledge that's the way he trod
God lives in them and they in God. Then more
we know, rely on this equality:
This God is love. Our judgment's covered for
we live like him, in us love's made complete.
Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. Proverbs 10:12 NIVUK
remember this: whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins. James 5:20 NIVUK
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 NIVUK
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: he sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No-one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: in this world we are like Jesus. 1 John 4:7-17 NIVUK
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