In love there is no fear; indeed, perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not yet achieved 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 reached perfection in love. |
May mercy, peace, and love be granted you in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. |
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Only goodness and kindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever. | Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. |
Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. | And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. |
Your kindness is a greater joy than life itself; thus my lips will speak your praise. I will bless you all my life; with uplifted hands I will call on your name. | Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. |
No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is made complete in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. |
Be mindful, O Lord, that mercy and kindness have been yours from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my many transgressions, but remember me in your kindness, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord. | Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness' sake, O Lord! |
I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. | I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. |
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, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. |
If someone says, “I love God,” but at the same time hates his brother, he is a liar. For whoever does not love the brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. | 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. |
Keep in mind, therefore, that the Lord, your God, is God. He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant of mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and observe his commandments. | Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. |
Above all, maintain the fervor of your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. | Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
Everything that you do should be done in love. | Let all that you do be done in 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. | 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 overlooks all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. |
But I will sing of your strength; when morning dawns, I will proclaim your kindness. For you have been my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. | But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me and a refuge in the day of my distress. |
This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. |
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. And we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. | And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth. |
The second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
Let your love be sincere. Loathe what is evil and hold fast to what is good. | Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. |
Love is patient; love is charitable. Love is not envious; it does not have an inflated opinion of itself; it is not filled with its own importance. Love is never rude; it does not seek its own advantage. It is not prone to anger; neither does it brood over setbacks. | 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. |
Rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn back to the Lord, your God. For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and always prepared to relent from punishing. | Rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. |
No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
This is the commandment we have received from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. | The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. |