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References for 1Jo 4:9 —  1   2 

Theological Themes of 1 John

God is light (1:5; 2:8)
God is love (4:8, 16, 19)
Christians were spiritually dead: then, they "passed out of death into life" (3:14)
God loved his people and sent Jesus to die for them (3:16; 4:10; 14; 19; 5:11)
Christians have been born of God (2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1; 4; 18)
God gave Christians life (3:14; 4:9; 5:11; 16)
God gave Christians the Spirit (2:20; 27; 3:24; 4:13) along with understanding (5:20)
Christians are of/from God/the truth (3:10; 19; 4:4; 6; 5:19)
God abides in Christians, and his Word abides in them (2:14; 24; 27; 3:9; 24; 4:12; 13; 15; 16)
Christians abide in God, and thus abide in the light (2:5; 6; 27; 28; 3:6; 24; 4:13; 16)
Christians know God (2:13; 14; 4:6; 7), they know the Father (2:13; 5:20), they know Jesus (1:3; 2:3), and they know the Spirit (4:2, 6)
Christians love God (2:5; 4:21; 5:2; 3)

Because they have been born again, have received the Spirit, abide in God as God abides in them, and know and love God, Christians bear observable fruit. They:

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