13 If I speak in the tongues^[a](A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy^(B) and can fathom all mysteries^(C) and all knowledge,^(D) and if I have a faith^(E) that can move mountains,^(F) but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor^(G) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,^[b](H) but do not have love, I gain nothing.

¹⁶ For God so loved^(A) the world that he gave^(B) his one and only Son,^(C) that whoever believes^(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^{(E) 17} For God did not send his Son into the world^(F) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^(G)

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;^(D) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(E)

¹³ This is how we know^(F) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.^{(G) 14} And we have seen and testify^(H) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.^{(I) 15} If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,^(J) God lives in them and they in God.^{(K) 16} And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.^(L) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.^{(M) 17} This is how love is made complete^(N) among us so that we will have confidence^(O) on the day of judgment:^(P) In this world we are like Jesus. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,^(Q) because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

¹⁹ We love because he first loved us.^{(R) 20} Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister^(S) is a liar.^(T) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,^(U) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.^{(V) 21} And he has given us this command:^(W) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.^(X)