1Jn 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
King James Version
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This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also {do} ye. {quarrel: or, complaint}
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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.
And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
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.
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Charity suffereth long, {and} is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, {vaunteth...: or, is not rash}
{Be} kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; {with...: or, in the love of the brethren}
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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.