Bible Verses About The Love of God: Irrespective of merit
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Verses on Irrespective of merit
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?