16aWe have come to know and have believed the love which God has bfor us. cGod is love, and the one who dabides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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John 9:3, 1 John 4:9
John 9
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Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so athat the works of God might be displayed in him.
1 John 4
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By this the love of God was manifested ain us, that bGod has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.