^11 (A)For this is the message ^(B)which you have heard from the beginning, ^(C)that we are to love one another;

²³ This is His commandment, that we ^[a](A)believe in ^(B)the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as ^(C)He ^[b]commanded us.

God Is Love

^7 (A)Beloved, let’s ^(B)love one another; for love is from God, and ^(C)everyone who loves has been ^(D)born of God and ^(E)knows God.

^11 (A)Beloved, if God so loved us, ^(B)we also ought to love one another.

^12 (A)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His ^(B)love is perfected in us.

⁵ Now I ask you, lady, ^(A)not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had ^(B)from the beginning, that we ^(C)love one another.