¹⁸ Dear children,^(A) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.^(B)

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) 8} Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.^(D)

¹⁹ We love because he first loved us.^(A)