| Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. | You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. |
| And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. | And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. |
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| Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel. | “Now therefore,” he said, “put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.” |
| He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. | He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
| Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. | Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. |
| If ye love me, keep my commandments. | If you love Me, keep My commandments. |
| And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God 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. |
| We love him, because he first loved us. | We love Him because He first loved us. |
| Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not 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. |
| There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth 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. |
| For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. | For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. |
| Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. | Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
| No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is 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. |
| A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye 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. |
| Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. | Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. |
| If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath 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? |
| If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even 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 stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. | Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. |
| And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. | And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. |
| Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. | This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
| Let all your things be done with charity. | Let all that you do be done with love. |
| And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. | And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
| And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. | And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” |
| Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. | Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. |
