Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. | If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. |
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. | And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. |
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The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. | And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. |
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. | So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. |
Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. | Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. |
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. |
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. | Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world. | 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. |
We love because he first loved us. | We love because he first loved us. |
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. | If you love me, you will keep my commandments. |
Beloved, since God loved us so much, 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 casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. | There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. |
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. | So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. |
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. | Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. |
Let all that you do be done in love. | Let all that you do be done in love. |
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. |
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 commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. |
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. |
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. |
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. | For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. |
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. | Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. |
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. | Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. |
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |