| Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. | If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he hates his brother or sister, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. |
| And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. | We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. |
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| And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. | And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. |
| Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. | The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
| And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. | And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister. |
| Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. |
| No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. |
| Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. | Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law. |
| If you love me, keep my commands. | If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. |
| We love because He first loved us. | We love, because He first loved us. |
| Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. | There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. |
| Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. | Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. |
| Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
| Do everything in love. | All that you do must be done in love. |
| And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. | But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. |
| Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. | Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. |
| A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. | I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
| If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. | If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. |
| For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. | For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. |
| Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. | Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all offenses. |
| Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. | Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments. |
| My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. | This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. |
| And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ | The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
| Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. | Love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. |
