NowI askyou, lady,not as though [I were] writingto you a newcommandment,but the one whichwe have hadfrom the beginning,that we loveone another.
"Thisis My commandment,that you loveone another,justas I have lovedyou.
"ThisI commandyou, that you loveone another.
But the fruitof the Spiritis love,joy,peace,patience,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,
and walkin love,justas Christalsolovedyou and gaveHimselfup for us, an offeringand a sacrificeto Godas a fragrantaroma.
Nowas to the love of the brethren,you havenoneedfor [anyone] to writeto you, for you yourselvesare taught by Godto loveone another;
Let love of the brethrencontinue.
Aboveall,keepferventin your lovefor one another,becauselovecoversa multitudeof sins.
and in [your] godliness,brotherlykindness, and in [your] brotherly kindness,love.
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.
Ifsomeonesays,"I loveGod,"and hateshis brother,he is a liar;for the one who does not lovehis brotherwhomhe has seen,cannotloveGodwhomhe has not seen.
The elderto the chosenladyand her children,whomI lovein truth;and not onlyI, but alsoallwho knowthe truth,