Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Holman Bible
Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.
International Standard Version
Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.
A Conservative Version
My Little children, we should not love in word, nor with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.
American Standard Version
My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
Amplified
Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].
An Understandable Version
Little children [i.e., dear ones], we should not [merely] claim to love [people], or [even just] talk about it, but [we should love] by what we do [for them] in a genuine way.
Anderson New Testament
My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.
Common New Testament
Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart.
Darby Translation
Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue; but in deed, and in truth.
Godbey New Testament
Little children, let us love with divine love not in word, nor in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Goodspeed New Testament
Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.
John Wesley New Testament
My beloved children, let us love not in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Julia Smith Translation
My little children, we should not love in word, neither in tongue; but in work and truth.
King James 2000
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
Modern King James verseion
My children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My little children, let us not love in word, nor with the tongue: but with the deed, and of a truth:
Moffatt New Testament
My dear children, let us put our love not into words or into talk but into deeds, and make it real.
Montgomery New Testament
My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.
NET Bible
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
New Heart English Bible
Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
Noyes New Testament
My children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Sawyer New Testament
My little children, let us not love in word nor tongue, but in work and truth.
The Emphasized Bible
Dear children! Let us not be loving in word, nor yet with the tongue, but in deed and truth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
My dear children, let us not love in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth;
Twentieth Century New Testament
My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.
Webster
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Weymouth New Testament
Dear children, let us not love in words only nor with the lips, but in deed and in truth.
Williams New Testament
Dear children, let us stop loving with words or lips alone, but let us love with actions and in truth.
World English Bible
My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
Worrell New Testament
Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Worsley New Testament
My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.
Youngs Literal Translation
My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
Themes
John, beloved disciple » Facts concerning » Learned the lesson of love in the school of Christ
Love to man » Saints should » Be sincere in
Religion » Characteristics of » False profession
Religion » Examples of piety » Sincerity a mark of
Sincerity » Should characterize » Our love to one another
True religion » Examples of piety » Sincerity a mark of
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References
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Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 3:18
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Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Love, So Love One Another
17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him? 18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith. 19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
Cross References
Romans 12:9
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
1 John 2:1
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Matthew 25:41-45
Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
Ephesians 4:15
But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
Galatians 5:13
Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.
Galatians 6:1-2
Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
Ephesians 4:1-3
I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
James 2:15-16
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
1 Peter 1:22
And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
2 John 1:1-15
I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
Exodus 33:21
And the Lord said, See, there is a place near me, and you may take your place on the rock: