Beloved, let us love one another

Daily Light Devotions - May 12 - Morning

Beloved, let us love one another ...

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 1

and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 2

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 3

Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 4

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 5

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 6

so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 7

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 8
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1 1 John 4:7;
2 Rom 5:5;
3 Rom 8:15,16;
4 1 John 5:10;
5 1 John 4:9;
6 Eph 1:7;
7 Eph 2:7;
8 1 John 4:11