But whosoever keepeth his word, verily in him is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.

Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God! therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

For this is the commandment which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

We know that we are passed out of [a state of] death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

By this we have known the love [of Christ], because for us he laid down his own life: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

But whosoever hath worldly abundance, and seeth his brother under necessity, and shutteth his bowels of compassion against him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

My dear children, let us not love in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth;

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

Beloved, let us love one another; because love is from God, and every one who loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

He that loveth not, never knew God; for God is love.

By this was the love of God manifested to us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might have life by him.

Herein is love, not that we have loved God, but that he hath loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiatory sacrifice for our sins.

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

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

And we have known and believed the love which God hath towards us. God is love; and he that abideth in love, abideth in God, and God in him.

By this is his love towards us perfected, that we might have confidence at the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

Fear is not in this love; but the perfect love casteth out fear: for fear hath anguish. He that is afraid is not made perfect in love.

We love him, because he first loved us.

If any person say, I love God, yet hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love the God whom he hath not seen?

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

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

For this is the love of God, that we should keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.