| Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. | Love must be sincere. Hate 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 he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. |
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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, and 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: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. |
| As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. | Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. |
| You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you. | You are altogether beautiful, my darling; 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 everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. |
| My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. | Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. |
| In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another. | Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. |
| With all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love. | Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. |
| Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. | And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. |
| For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. | For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. |
| For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. | For this is the message you heard from the beginning: 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. | To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all 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. | May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. |
| For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “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 into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. |
| Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. | In this same way, husbands ought to 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. | Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others 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 tell 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. | The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. |
| But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ. | Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, 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 replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” |
| 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 commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them. |
| The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. |
