1 John 3:18
My sons, let us not love one another in words and in tongue, but in works and in truth.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
Cross References
Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on his left hand, Go from me, accursed, into the fire of eternity, which was prepared for the accuser and for his angels.
Romans 12:9And let not your love be guileful; abhor things evil, cleave to the good.
Galatians 5:13But you have been called unto liberty, my brethren: only let not your liberty be for an occasion of the flesh; but in love be subjected one to another.
Ephesians 4:1I BESEECH of you, therefore, I, the bound one for our Lord, that you walk as is worthy of the calling wherewith you are called,
1 Thessalonians 1:3and remember before Aloha the Father the works of your faith, and the labour of your love, and the perseverance of your hope, which is in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
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 →