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

{Be} kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; {with...: or, in the love of the brethren}

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.

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

Let brotherly love continue.

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

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any {of them} that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

But the Comforter, {which is} the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

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

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

This {is} the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

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

Therefore {every one} that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

For this {is} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: {put: Gr. give} {in: or, upon}

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}

[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}

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

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

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

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}

And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where {is} the fury of the oppressor? {were...: or, made himself ready}

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

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}

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}

{Be} kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; {with...: or, in the love of the brethren}

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and {in} all judgment; {judgment: or, sense}

Nevertheless I have {somewhat} against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

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

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

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

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

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.

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

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

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

Let all your things be done with charity.

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 all thy children {shall be} taught of the LORD; and great {shall be} the peace of thy children.

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

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

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

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

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

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

Therefore, as ye abound in every {thing, in} faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and {in} all diligence, and {in} your love to us, {see} that ye abound in this grace also.

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}

For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

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

Let brotherly love continue.

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.