Nowas to the love of the brethren,you havenoneedfor [anyone] to writeto you, for you yourselvesare taught by Godto loveone another;
Behold,howgoodand howpleasantit is For brothersto dwelltogetherin unity!
That you have forgottenthe LORDyour Maker,Who stretchedout the heavensAnd laidthe foundationsof the earth,That you fearcontinuallyalldaylong becauseof the furyof the oppressor,As he makesreadyto destroy?But whereis the furyof the oppressor?
"But thisis the covenantwhichI will makewith the houseof Israelafterthosedays,"declaresthe LORD,"I will putMy lawwithinthem and on their heartI will writeit; and I will be their God,and they shall be My people.
"They will not teachagain,eachmanhis neighborand eachmanhis brother,saying,'Knowthe LORD,'for they will allknowMe, from the leastof them to the greatestof them," declaresthe LORD,"for I will forgivetheir iniquity,and their sinI will remembernomore."
Everyone who eatsit will bearhis iniquity,for he has profanedthe holythingof the LORD;and that personshall be cutofffrom his people.
"The secondis likeit, 'YOU SHALL LOVEYOUR NEIGHBORAS YOURSELF.'
"But the Helper,the HolySpirit,whomthe Fatherwill sendin My name,He will teachyou allthings,and bring to your remembranceallthat I saidto you.
And the congregationof thosewho believedwere of oneheartand soul;and not one[of them] claimedthat anythingbelongingto him was his own,but all thingswere common propertyto them.
[Be] devotedto oneanotherin brotherly love;give preferenceto one anotherin honor;
For it is superfluousfor me to writeto you aboutthisministryto the saints;
Let us therefore,as manyas are perfect,havethisattitude;and ifin anythingyou havea differentattitude,Godwill revealthat alsoto you;
Nowas to the timesand the epochs,brethren,you havenoneedof anything to be writtento you.
"THISIS THE COVENANTTHAT I WILL MAKEWITH THEM AFTERTHOSEDAYS,SAYSTHE LORD:I WILL PUTMY LAWSUPON THEIR HEART,AND ON THEIR MINDI WILL WRITETHEM," [He then says],
Let love of the brethrencontinue.
To sumup, allof you be harmonious,sympathetic,brotherly,kindhearted,and humble in spirit;
Aboveall,keepferventin your lovefor one another,becauselovecoversa multitudeof sins.
and in [your] godliness,brotherlykindness, and in [your] brotherly kindness,love.
The one who loveshis brotherabidesin the Lightand there is nocause for stumblingin him.
For thisis the messagewhichyou have heardfrom the beginning,that we should loveone another;
Thisis His commandment,that we believein the nameof His SonJesusChrist,and loveone another,justas He commandedus.
And thiscommandmentwe havefrom Him, that the one who lovesGodshould lovehis brotheralso.