We love, because He first loved us. | We love because he first loved us. |
He must increase, but I must decrease. | He must increase, but I must decrease. |
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If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. | If you love me, you will keep my commandments. |
Little children, guard yourselves from idols. | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. | I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. |
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. | So if the Son makes 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, for God is love. |
You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’; and you are correct, for so I am. | You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. |
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. |
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” | Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” |
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. | You have already been cleansed by the word that 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, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. |
Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. | Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. |
This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another 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 did not overcome it. |
The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. | Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide 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 were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? |
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. |
God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and 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.” | Then Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine but his 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 this, 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. | No one has greater love 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. | Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. |