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1 John chapter 3 –Good News Translation (GNT)

(a letter of John)

¹⁶This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us.

We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!

¹⁷If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God?

¹⁸My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.

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John chapter 3 Good News Translation (GNT)

(the gospel of John)

¹⁶For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

⁷For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.

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Good News Translation (GNT)

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Advent, giving in love

The meaning of Christmas is the celebration of this love. “God so loved . . .”
And wonder of wonders, God gives this costly love to an undeserving world of sinners, like us.

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16 HCSB, Holman Christian Standard Bible

“Meditate on that this Advent. It was a very costly love. A very powerful love. A very rugged, painful love.

The meaning of Christmas is the celebration of this love. “God so loved . . .”

And wonder of wonders, God gives this costly love to an undeserving world of sinners, like us.”
John Piper

Excerpted from

The Dawning of Indestructible Joy

Daily Readings for Advent by John Piper

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Advent, rejoicing with joy

“Worshiping Jesus means joyfully ascribing authority and dignity to Christ with sacrificial gifts.

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(a letter of John)

16 This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us.

We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!

17 If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God?

18 My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.

16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

7 For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.