| We love, because He first loved us. | We love because He first loved us. |
| He must increase, but I must decrease. | He must become greater; I must become less. |
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| If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. | If you love me, keep my commands. |
| Little children, guard yourselves from idols. | Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. |
| I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. | I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. |
| So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. | So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. |
| The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
| You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’; and you are correct, for so I am. | You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. |
| Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. | Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” | Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” |
| You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. | You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. |
| If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. |
| Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. | Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. |
| This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. | My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. |
| And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it. | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. |
| The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. | Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. |
| What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? | Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! |
| Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. |
| God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. | God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. |
| I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. | I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. |
| So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.” | Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.” |
| In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
| I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. |
| Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. | Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. |
