Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
Common New Testament
Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.
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
Watsons
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 3:18
Images 1 John 3:18
Prayers for 1 John 3:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Love, So Love One Another
17 he that possesses the enjoyments of life, and seeing his brother in want, has no compassion for him, how can he be said to have any divine love? 18 my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart. 19 Hereby we shall know that we are true professors, and set our consciences securely at rest.
Cross References
Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. abhor that which is evil, adhere to that which is good.
1 John 2:1
My dear children, these things I write unto you, that ye may avoid sin. but if any man has failed, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the just.
Matthew 25:41-45
then will he say to those on the left, depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Ephesians 4:15
but being sincere in mutual love, may be entirely united to Christ, who is the head:
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently,
Galatians 5:13
for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.
Galatians 6:1-2
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, do you, who are spiritual, restore him with all gentleness, taking heed lest you yourselves be overcome by temptation.
Ephesians 4:1-3
I therefore the prisoner for the Lord, beseech you to live suitably to the offers that have been made to you:
1 Thessalonians 1:3
never forgetting the effects of your faith, your charitable offices, and the constancy of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ; of which God is our witness.
James 2:15-16
suppose one of your brethren should be destitute of cloths, and of his daily nourishment,
1 Peter 1:22
You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;
2 John 1:1-15
The PRESBYTER to the lady ECLECTA and her children, whom I sincerely love, and not only I, but all true christians,