Dear children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. | Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. |
Jesus replied, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.” | Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.” |
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This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples: if you love one another. | By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. |
Jesus replied, “This is the work of God: to believe in the one whom he has sent.” | Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. | My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. |
And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
“Peace be with you,” Jesus said to them again. “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” | Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” |
Through him all things came into existence, and without him there was nothing. That which came to be. | All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being. |
For from the beginning you have heard the message that we should love one another. | For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. |
Who indeed conquers the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? | Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you have faith you will see the glory of God?” | Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” |
God abides in anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, and that person abides in God. | God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. |
Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. | I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. |
Whoever possesses the Son possesses life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not possess life. | Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. |
And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. | And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. |
I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. | I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. |
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever. | And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. |
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. |
This is how we can be certain that we abide in him and that he abides in us: he has given us a share in his Spirit. | By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. |
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. | So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. |
If you know me, then you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him. You have seen him. | If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. |
Jesus then said, “I will remain with you only for a short time longer, and then I shall return to him who sent me.” | Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.” |
I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I do ask you to protect them from the evil one. | I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. |
Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” | Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” |
And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent, Jesus Christ. | And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. |