| He must increase; I must decrease. | He must become greater; I must become less. |
| If you love me, you will keep my commandments. | If you love me, keep my commands. |
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| Therefore, we love because he first loved us. | We love because He first loved us. |
| Dear children, keep away from idols. | Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. |
| I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. | I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. |
| Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you then will truly be free. | So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. |
| Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
| You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. | You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. |
| This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. | My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. |
| Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. | Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| You have already been cleansed by the word I have spoken to you. | You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. |
| Everyone who sins breaks the law, for sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. |
| If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. |
| Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, it will be enough for us.” | Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” |
| Do not let your hearts be troubled. You place your trust in God. Trust also in me. | Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. |
| Whoever feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I dwell in him. | Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. |
| The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has been unable to overcome it. | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. |
| What then if you were to behold the Son of Man ascend to where he was before? | Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! |
| God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth. | God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. |
| Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not my own; rather, it comes from him who sent me.” | Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.” |
| No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. |
| In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
| Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. | Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. |
| Dear children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. | Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. |
