He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. | He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. | Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. |
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We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. | 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. |
If you love me, keep my commandments. | If you love Me, keep My commandments. |
We love him, because he first loved us. | We love Him because He first loved us. |
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. | 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. |
Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. | 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. |
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love. | And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. |
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us. | 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. |
Let all that you do be done in love. | Let all that you do be done with love. |
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? | 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? |
Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. |
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. | And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” |
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain 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 wrongs. | Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. |
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. | This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil. | 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. |
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. | Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. |
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother. | And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. |
Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. | Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble. |
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. |