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.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what {is} good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? {walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk}

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: {for us: some read, for you}

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

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.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier {matters} of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. {anise: Gr. dill}

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy {is} he.

And from Jesus Christ, {who is} the faithful witness, {and} the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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.

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. {for the: or, by the}

May be able to comprehend with all saints what {is} the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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