1 John 3:18–19

18 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. 19 And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him

1 John 3:18–19 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:

1 John 3:18–19 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

1 John 3:18–19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

1 John 3:18–19 — New Living Translation (NLT)

18 Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. 19 Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.

1 John 3:18–19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

1 John 3:18–19 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring.

1 John 3:18–19 — American Standard Version (ASV)

18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. 19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

1 John 3:18–19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

18 Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him—

1 John 3:18–19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

18 Dear children, we must show love through actions that are sincere, not through empty words.

19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be reassured in his presence.

1 John 3:18–19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

18 Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action. 19 This is how we will know we belong to the truth and will convince our conscience in His presence,

1 John 3:18–19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. 19 By this we know that we are of the truth and will convince our heart before him,

1 John 3:18–19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

18 Dear children, don’t just talk about love. Put your love into action. Then it will truly be love. 19 That’s how we know that we hold to the truth. And that’s how we put our hearts at rest, knowing that God is watching.

1 John 3:18–19 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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

19 We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him

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