aSee 1 Cor. 1:18
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
10and with all wicked deception for athose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore bGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe cwhat is false, 12in order that all may be condemned dwho did not believe the truth but ehad pleasure in unrighteousness.1 Timothy 1:13
13though formerly I was a blasphemer, fpersecutor, and insolent opponent. But gI received mercy hbecause I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,1 John 3:1
1See iwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called jchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why kthe world does not know us is that lit did not know him.1 John 4:8
8 mAnyone who does not love does not know God, because nGod is love.1 John 5:20
20And we know that the Son of God has come and ohas given us understanding, so that we may know phim who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and qeternal life.
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