And we have known and believed,.... Or have a full assurance and knowledge of, and faith in,the love that God hath to us; shown as in many instances, so more especially in sending his Son to be the propitiation for our sins, to be the Saviour of us, and that we might live through him.
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1 John 4:16
1 John 4:16
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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