1 John 3:1

1See awhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called bchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why cthe world does not know us is that dit did not know him.

1 John 4:8-9

8 eAnyone who does not love does not know God, because fGod is love. 9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that gGod sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
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