so he rose from supper, laid aside his outer garments, took a towel, and wrapped it around his waist.
1 John 3:11 - The Text-Critical English New Testament For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For this is the message (the announcement) which you have heard from the first, that we should love one another, American Standard Version (1901) For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: Common English Bible This is the message that you heard from the beginning: love each other. Catholic Public Domain Version For this is the announcement that you heard from the beginning: that you should love one another. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this is the declaration, which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another. |
so he rose from supper, laid aside his outer garments, took a towel, and wrapped it around his waist.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Bear one another's burdens, and in this way fulfill the law of Christ.
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.
Since you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth through the Spirit, resulting in genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Finally, you must all be of one mind, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, and kind.
Above all, maintain a deep love for one another, because love will cover a multitude of sins.
This is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
And this is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
And now I ask yoʋ, dear lady—not as writing yoʋ a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.