1 John 3:18
My babes let vs not love in worde nether in tonge: but with dede and in veritie:
Tyndale New Testament
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
19for therby we knowe that we are of the veritie and can before him quiet oure hertes.
Cross References
Matthew 25:41Then shall the kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on the lyfte hande: departe from me ye coursed into everlastinge fire which is prepared for the devyll and his angels.
Romans 12:9Let love be with out dissimulacion. Hate that which is evyll and cleave vnto that which is good.
Galatians 5:13Brethren ye were called in to (libertie) only let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesshe but in love serve one another.
Ephesians 4:1I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called
1 Thessalonians 1:3with out ceasynge and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faythe and labour in love and perseveraunce in the hope of oure lorde Iesus Christ in the sight of God oure 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 →