²⁴ And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,^(A)

²² Now that you have purified^(A) yourselves by obeying^(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,^(C) from the heart.^[a]

¹⁴ Greet one another with a kiss of love.^(A)

Peace^(B) to all of you who are in Christ.

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¹¹ For this is the message you heard^(A) from the beginning:^(B) We should love one another.^(C)

²³ And this is his command: to believe^(A) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,^(B) and to love one another as he commanded us.^(C)

God’s Love and Ours

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another,^(A) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God^(B) and knows God.^(C)

¹¹ Dear friends,^(A) since God so loved us,^(B) we also ought to love one another.^(C)

¹² No one has ever seen God;^(A) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(B)

⁵ And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.^(A) I ask that we love one another.