1 John 3:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Little children, let’s not love with words or speech but with action and truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

1 John 3:18 Cross References

Exodus 33:21

And the Lord continued, “See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock,

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.

Luke 7:5

for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.”

John 17:19

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

Romans 12:9

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become enslaved to one another.

Ephesians 4:15

but speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

2 John 1:1

The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,

3 John 1:1

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.