Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. | Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast 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: whoever loves God must also love his brother. |
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Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. | Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. |
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. | Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. |
You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot 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. |
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. | Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. |
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another. | Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. |
With all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love. | With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. |
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. | And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. |
For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. | For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. |
For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. | For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. |
And to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. | And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. |
May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you. | And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you. |
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. |
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. | In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. |
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. | Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. |
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. | But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. |
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. |
But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ. | Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. |
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” | Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” |
One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. | 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. |
The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |