If someone says, “I love God,” but at the same time hates his brother, he is a liar. For whoever does not love the brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. | Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. |
We know that God makes all things work together for good for those who love him and who are called according to his purpose. | We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. |
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We have come to know and to believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him. | So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. |
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
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. |
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. |
No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is made complete in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. |
Love cannot result in any harm to the neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law. | Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. |
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. |
Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone does love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world. |
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. | If you love me, you will keep my commandments. |
Therefore, we love because he first loved us. | We love because he first loved us. |
In love there is no fear; indeed, perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not yet achieved perfection in love. | There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. |
May mercy, peace, and love be granted you in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. |
Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. | And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. |
I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. | I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. |
Above all, maintain the fervor of your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. | Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
Everything that you do should be done in love. | Let all that you do be done in love. |
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain 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 stirs up strife, but love overlooks all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. |
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but rather a spirit of power and of love and of wisdom. | For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. |
May the Lord guide your hearts to the love of God and the steadfastness of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. |
This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
The second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
This is what love is: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. | In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. |