1 John 3:18
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
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.
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Cross-References
“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,”
“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:”
“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”
“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”
“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”