Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. | Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. |
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation 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. |
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But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. | But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. |
Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ | He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ |
Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments. | Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. |
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you. |
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. | God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. |
Great peace have those who love Your law, And 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, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. | I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. |
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. | Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. |
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. | And live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
You are all fair, my love, And there is no spot in you. | You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. |
By this all 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 have love for one another. |
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. | Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. |
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. | And hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. |
‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. | You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. |
But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? | How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? |
Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another. | Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. |
With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love. | With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. |
For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. | For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. |
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. | Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. |
So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ” | He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” |
He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? | He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? |
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you. | And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you. |