1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us not love in words only nor with the lips, but in deed and in truth.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 25:41"Then will He say to those at His left, "`Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.
Romans 12:9Let your love be perfectly sincere. Regard with horror what is evil; cling to what is right.
Galatians 5:13You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.
Ephesians 4:1I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received--
1 Thessalonians 1:3For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in 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 →