1 John 3:18
My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.
Twentieth Century 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
Cross References
Matthew 25:41Then he will say to those on his left ‘Go from my presence, accursed, into the ‘aeonian fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.’
Romans 12:9Let your love be sincere. Hate the wrong; cling to the right.
Galatians 5:13Remember, Brothers, to you the Call came to give you freedom. Only do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence, but serve one another in a loving spirit.
Ephesians 4:1I urge you, then — I who am a prisoner in the Master’s cause — to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;
1 Thessalonians 1:3recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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 →