1 John 3:18
Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
In Context
19And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him
Cross References
Exodus 33:21And Jehovah said, Behold, [there is] a place by me: there shalt thou stand on the rock.
Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Romans 12:9Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good:
Galatians 5:13For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Ephesians 4:1*I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
1 Thessalonians 1:3remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:15-20
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from… Read the whole commentary →