¹¹ Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.^(A) Anyone who does what is good is from God.^(B) Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.^(C)

³⁴ “A new command^(A) I give you: Love one another.^(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.^(C)

Love in Action

⁹ Love must be sincere.^(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.^(B)

²¹ but test them all;^(A) hold on to what is good,^{(B) 22} reject every kind of evil.

² because of the truth,^(A) which lives in us^(B) and will be with us forever: