1 John 3:18
My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
Young's Literal Translation
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
19and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,
Cross References
Exodus 33:21Jehovah also saith, 'Lo, a place [is] by Me, and thou hast stood on the rock,
Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;
Romans 12:9The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
Galatians 5:13For ye — to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,
Ephesians 4:1Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,
1 Thessalonians 1:3unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of 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 →