"Thisis My commandment,that you loveone another,justas I have lovedyou.
And thiscommandmentwe havefrom Him, that the one who lovesGodshould lovehis brotheralso.
"A newcommandmentI giveto you, that you loveoneanother,evenas I have lovedyou, that you alsoloveone another.
Aboveall,keepferventin your lovefor one another,becauselovecoversa multitudeof sins.
Thisis His commandment,that we believein the nameof His SonJesusChrist,and loveone another,justas He commandedus.
[Be] devotedto oneanotherin brotherly love;give preferenceto one anotherin honor;
and walkin love,justas Christalsolovedyou and gaveHimselfup for us, an offeringand a sacrificeto Godas a fragrantaroma.
To sumup, allof you be harmonious,sympathetic,brotherly,kindhearted,and humble in spirit;
Since you have in obedienceto the truthpurifiedyour soulsfor a sincerelove of the brethren,ferventlyloveone anotherfrom the heart,
Nowas to the love of the brethren,you havenoneedfor [anyone] to writeto you, for you yourselvesare taught by Godto loveone another;
and may the Lordcauseyou to increaseand aboundin lovefor one another,and for all people,justas we also[do] for you;
We oughtalwaysto give thanksto Godfor you, brethren,as is [only] fitting,becauseyour faithis greatly enlarged,and the loveof eachoneof you towardone anothergrows [ever] greater;
"I have lovedyou," saysthe LORD.But you say,"Howhave You lovedus?" "[Was] not EsauJacob'sbrother?"declaresthe LORD."Yet I have lovedJacob;
"ThisI commandyou, that you loveone another.
NowI askyou, lady,not as though [I were] writingto you a newcommandment,but the one whichwe have hadfrom the beginning,that we loveone another.