You shall not make gods of silver alongside me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. | You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me. |
Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. | If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh. |
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He said, “Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.” | Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel. |
Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. | He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. |
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. | Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. |
Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world. | Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. |
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. | We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. |
We love because he first loved us. | We love him, because he first loved us. |
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. | If you love me, keep my commandments. |
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. | There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. |
For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever. | For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forever more. |
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. | But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love. |
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. | No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us. |
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. | And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
Let all that you do be done in love. | Let all that you do be done in love. |
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. |
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. |
Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. | If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? |
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. | If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. |
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs. |
The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. | This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother. |
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. | Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil. |
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. | Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. |
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. |