1 See ywhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called zchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why athe world does not know us is that bit did not know him.
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1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
1 John 4:17
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.
John 16:3
And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 17:25
O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
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