We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 NABRE John in his first letter provides detail calling us to love one another. Then he goes into a deeper meditation on what love is, where it originates and how it must be expressed. Love originates in God, because God…
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the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 NABRE The Gospel of John is about God, highlighting the relationship between Father and Son, how the Son is the incarnate Word and how they were together from the beginning and will be into eternity.…
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The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 1 John 3:16 NABRE The author of the First Letter of John is writing to a community he formed, possibly Gentiles who came to…
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and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 NABRE The quoted verse is likely a verse we have heard. It comes from Jesus teaching at the temple on sin. Jesus speaking in a time when a majority of people were most likely slaves…
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But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 NABRE The First Letter of John declares simply the qualities of those who truly belong…
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