| Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. | Let your love be sincere. Loathe what is evil and hold fast to what is good. |
| This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother. | This is the commandment we have received from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. |
| Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. | Those who love your law have great peace; they encounter no stumbling blocks. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. | No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. |
| As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. | I reprove and discipline all those whom I love. Therefore, be sincere in your desire to repent. |
| You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you. | You are all-beautiful, my love, without the slightest blemish. |
| By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. | This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples: if you love one another. |
| My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. | Dear children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. |
| In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another. | Love one another with genuine affection. Esteem others more highly than yourself. |
| With all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love. | With all humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another in a spirit of love. |
| Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. | Over all these put on love, which is the bond of perfection. |
| For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. | For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but rather a spirit of power and of love and of wisdom. |
| For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. | For from the beginning you have heard the message that we should love one another. |
| And to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. | And ‘to love him with all your heart, and with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself,’ is worth more than any burnt offerings and sacrifices. |
| May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you. | May the Lord cause your love to increase and overflow for one another and for everyone else, just as our love does for you. |
| For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the entire Law can be summed up in a single commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ. | May the Lord guide your hearts to the love of God and the steadfastness of Christ. |
| Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. | In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself. |
| Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. | Owe nothing to anyone except the debt of love you owe one another. The one who loves others has fulfilled the Law. |
| But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. | But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. |
| Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. | The tongue has the power over life and death; those who cherish it will enjoy its fruits. |
| But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ. | Rather, professing truth and love, we will in all things grow into him who is the head, Christ. |
| Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” | Jesus answered him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him.” |
| One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. | Anyone who has received my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him. |
| The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
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