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1 John 3:18

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When We Practice Real Love

18–20My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love.

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1 John 3:18: Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.

NLTNew Living Translation

Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

KJV 1900King James Version

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.