For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
He rises from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
Bear you one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling smell.
But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Finally, be you all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brothers, be pitiful, be courteous:
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.
And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.