And now, dear lady, this is not a new command but is the same command we have had from the beginning. I ask you that we all love each other.
“This is my command: Love each other as I have loved you.
This is my command: Love each other.
But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Live a life of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God.
We do not need to write you about having love for your Christian family, because God has already taught you to love each other.
Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.
Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love will cause people to forgive each other for many sins.
and to your service for God, add kindness for your brothers and sisters in Christ; and to this kindness, add love.
This is the teaching you have heard from the beginning: We must love each other.
This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we love each other, just as he commanded.
If people say, “I love God,” but hate their brothers or sisters, they are liars. Those who do not love their brothers and sisters, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have never seen.
From the Elder. To the chosen lady and her children: I love all of you in the truth, and all those who know the truth love you.