| 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. | 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. |
| We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. | We know that God makes all things work together for good for those who love him and who are called according to his purpose. |
| The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. | This is the commandment we have received from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
| 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; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is made complete in us. |
| Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. | Love cannot result in any harm to the neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law. |
| Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world. | 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. |
| We love because he first loved us. | Therefore, we love because he first loved us. |
| If you love me, you will keep my commandments. | If you love me, you will keep my commandments. |
| Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. |
| 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. | 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. |
| May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be granted you in abundance. |
| And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. | Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. |
| Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. | Above all, maintain the fervor of your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. |
| Let all that you do be done in love. | Everything that you do should be done in love. |
| I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. | I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love overlooks all offenses. |
| May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. | May the Lord guide your hearts to the love of God and the steadfastness of Christ.lovetransformationfollowing |
| For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. | For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but rather a spirit of power and of love and of wisdom. |
| 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. | Love is patient; love is charitable. Love is not envious; it does not have an inflated opinion of itself; it is not filled with its own importance. Love is never rude; it does not seek its own advantage. It is not prone to anger; neither does it brood over setbacks. |
| Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. | Let your love be sincere. Loathe what is evil and hold fast to what is good. |
| This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. | This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. |
