| 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. |
| You may say to yourself, “How can we recognize a word that the Lord has not spoken?” If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it. | And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. |
| 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. |
| Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. | Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. |
| No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
| And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you. | And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you. |
| I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. | Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. |
| Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. | Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. |
| They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them. | Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. |
| Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. | Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. |
| You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. | You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. |
| By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. | By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. |
| But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. | But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. |
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