1 John 3:18
1 John 3:18-20 The Message (MSG)
My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love. This is the only way we’ll know we’re living truly, living in God’s reality. It’s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.
1 John 3:18 King James Version (KJV)
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
1 John 3:18 New Century Version (NCV)
My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring.
1 John 3:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
1 John 3:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].
1 John 3:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
1 John 3:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Beloved children, our love can’t be an abstract theory we only talk about, but a way of life demonstrated through our loving deeds.
1 John 3:18 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
