If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he 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 all things work together for good for those who love God, for those 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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He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains 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. |
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should 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’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been 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 seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected 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 doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. | Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. |
If you love me, keep my commandments. | If you love me, you will keep my commandments. |
We love him, because he first loved us. | We love because he first loved us. |
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect 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. |
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. |
Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t 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. |
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. |
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love. | And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. |
Let all that you do be done in love. | Let all that you do be done in love. |
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you 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. |
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. | Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. | For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. |
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even 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 covers all wrongs. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. |
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil. | Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. |
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice 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. |