1 John 3:18

My little sons, love we not in word, neither in tongue, but in work and truth.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

17He that hath the chattel [or the substance] of this world, and seeth that his brother hath need, and closeth his entrails from him, how dwelleth the charity of God in him? (or how can he say that the love of God dwelleth within him?)

19In this thing we know, that we be of (the) truth, and in his sight we admonish our hearts.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:21And again God said, A place is with me, and thou shalt stand upon a stone; (And God said, Here is a place beside me, and thou shalt stand on a rock;)

Matthew 25:41Then the king shall say also to them, that shall be on his left half, Depart from me, ye cursed, into (the) everlasting fire, that is made ready to the devil and his angels. (Then the King shall say to those, who shall be on his left side, Go away from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire, which is prepared for the Devil and his angels.)

Romans 12:9Love without feigning, hating evil, drawing [or fast (ly) cleaving] to (the) good;

Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye be called into freedom [or into liberty]; only give ye not freedom [or liberty] into (an) occasion of (the) flesh, but by charity of [the] Spirit serve ye together (or but in the love of the Spirit serve one another).

Ephesians 4:1Therefore I bound for the Lord beseech you, that ye walk worthily in the calling, in which ye be called,

1 Thessalonians 1:3having mind of the work of your faith [+or mindful of the work of your faith], and travail, and charity, and abiding of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God and our Father. (remembering the work of your faith, and your labour, and your love, and the endurance of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before God and our 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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