By this shall all {men} know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, {see that ye} love one another with a pure heart fervently:

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Let brotherly love continue.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. {is born: Gr. has been born}

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love {which ye have} to all the saints,

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

Finally, {be ye} all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, {be} pitiful, {be} courteous: {love as: or, loving to the}

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done {it} unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done {it} unto me.

{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) {by...: or, by whose grace}

{But} to the saints that {are} in the earth, and {to} the excellent, in whom {is} all my delight.

For God {is} not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

And you {hath he quickened}, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

[A Song of degrees of David.] Behold, how good and how pleasant {it is} for brethren to dwell together in unity! {together...: Heb. even together}

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. {Raca: that is, Vain fellow}

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated {us} into the kingdom of his dear Son: {his...: Gr. the Son of his love}

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done {it} unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done {it} unto me.

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. {occasion...: Gr. scandal}

And you {hath he quickened}, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Finally, {be ye} all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, {be} pitiful, {be} courteous: {love as: or, loving to the}

For God {is} not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. {is born: Gr. has been born}

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love {which ye have} to all the saints,

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. {I have...: or, ye have me in your heart} {of my...: or, with me of grace}

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, {see that ye} love one another with a pure heart fervently:

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. {He that} sweareth to {his own} hurt, and changeth not.

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we {be} brethren. {brethren: Heb. men brethren}

I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

{But} to the saints that {are} in the earth, and {to} the excellent, in whom {is} all my delight.

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; {men: or, things}

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. {assure: Gr. persuade}

Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.

For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.