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?

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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:

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

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

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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

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

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.

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. {ye know that every: or, know ye etc.} {is born: Gr. has been born}

And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to {give} the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. {hath: Gr. is he who hath}

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? {turn ye again: or, turn ye back} {elements: or, rudiments}

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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

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

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

O taste and see that the LORD {is} good: blessed {is} the man {that} trusteth in him.

If {there be} therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and {to} the evil.

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:

Let all your things be done with charity.

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 the second {is} like, {namely} this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. {is born: or, has been born}

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. {message: or, commandment}

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}

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all {men}, even as we {do} toward you:

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. {ye know that every: or, know ye etc.} {is born: Gr. has been born}

And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {his} brother abideth in death.

And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

And above all these things {put on} charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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.

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

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}

Let brotherly love continue.

[To the chief Musician, Maschil, {A Psalm} of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God {endureth} continually. {Maschil: or, of instruction}

For thy lovingkindness {is} before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {abundant: Gr. much}

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.