| If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? | 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. |
| And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. | 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. |
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| And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. | 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. |
| He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
| And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. | And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. |
| Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. | Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. |
| No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. |
| Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. | Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. |
| 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. |
| If you love Me, keep My commandments. | If you love me, keep my commands. |
| We love Him because He first loved us. | We love because He first loved us. |
| There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. | 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. |
| Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. |
| Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. |
| And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. | And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. |
| A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. | A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. |
| Let all that you do be done with love. | Do everything in love. |
| And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” | Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. |
| For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. | For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. |
| 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 commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. |
| Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. | Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. |
| Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. |
| This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. | My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. |
| And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
| Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil. | Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. |
