1 John 3:18

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in work and in truth!

Literal Standard Version

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

17and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his yearnings from him—how does the love of God remain in him?

19And in this we know that we are of the truth, and before Him we will assure our hearts,

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Cross References

Exodus 33:21YHWH also says, “Behold, a place [is] by Me, and you have stood on the rock,

Matthew 25:41Then will He say also to those on the left hand, Go from Me, the cursed, into the continuous fire that has been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

Romans 12:9The love unhypocritical: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers, only the freedom [is] not for an occasion to the flesh, but serve one another through the love,

Ephesians 4:1I, the prisoner of the LORD, then call on you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

1 Thessalonians 1:3unceasingly remembering your work of faith, and the labor of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of 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 →

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