2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## In this the love of God was revealed among us, ##
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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This could be translated “God showed that he loved us,”
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## that we might live through him ##
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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This could be translated "enable us to live eternally because of what Jesus did."
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## In this is love ##
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This could be translated “God showed us what real love is”
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## not that we loved God, ##
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This could be translated “it is not like the way we love God”
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## propitiation ##
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<b>propitiation</b> means an atoning sacrifice.
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## and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ##
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This could be translated “and sent his Son to sacrifice himself so that God could forgive our sins.”
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