King James Version (KJV)
1 John 3:18
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
Verse in context — 1 John 3
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Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
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But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
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For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
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