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I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
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A Responsive Love
Commentators clarify that this verse isn't about earning God's love. Instead, our love for God is a response to His pre-existing, eternal love for us. As John Gill explains, God's love for His people is everlasting, and our ability to love Him is a sign that we have been born again and have had His love revealed to our hearts.
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19th Century
Anglican
I love them that love me.— Compare John 14:21: he that loveth me... I will love him.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I love them that love me Those that love Christ are such who are born again, and have a spiritual and experimental k…
Presbyterian
Wisdom, here is Christ, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. It is Christ in the Word, and Christ in the heart; not only Christ r…
