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Love
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
—New King James Version®
Love appears in noun or verb form (including the word beloved) 15 times in verses 7–12, conveying an unmistakable message about God to readers then and now. To know God goes far beyond gathering information about Him to embracing a profound understanding of His nature as Love. A Bible authority explains, “Love comes not from the best of the human spirit but from the character of God . . . .”
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Resources quoted in this issue
GT: New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved; Mays, James L., Joseph Blenkinsopp, et al., eds. Harper’s Bible Commentary. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.
RR: Keck, Leander E., et al., eds. The New Interpreter’s Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes. Vol. 12, Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John, Jude, Revelation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996–2001.
Cit. 8: Green, Joel B., et al., eds. The CEB Study Bible. Nashville: Common English Bible, 2013.
Cit. 9: Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Letters of James and Peter. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Letters of James and Peter. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.
Cit. 17: Wilkins, Michael J. Matthew: NIV Application Commentary: From Biblical Text . . . to Contemporary Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.
Cit. 20: Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Letter to the Romans. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Letter to the Romans. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.
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