Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle 1 of St. John .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 John 4 : 7 - 13
Chapter 4
7 | Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
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8 | He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
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9 | In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
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10 | In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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11 | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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12 | No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
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13 | By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
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Do not love the world or the things in the world.
The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Amen.