1 John 3:18
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My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].
Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.
Little children, let’s not love with words or speech but with action and truth.
Children, let us love not with words and talk, but with actions and in reality!
Children, you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it.
Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Little children, let us not be loving with word nor tongue, but in deed and truth.
My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.
My children, our love should not be only words and talk. No, our love must be real. We must show our love by the things we do.
My little children, we should not show love for each other only by what we say. We should also show true love by the things that we do.
Dear children, let us love not only with word or with our tongue, but also in action and truth.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
My children [2:1], we should love people not only ·with words and talk [L in word and tongue], but ·by our actions and true caring [or by showing true love through our actions; L in deed and truth].
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.
Dear children, we must show love through actions that are sincere, not through empty words.
My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.
Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.
My children, our love should not be only words and talk. Our love must be true love. And we should show that love by what we do.
Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.
We know and, to some extent realise, the love of God for us because Christ expressed it in laying down his life for us. We must in turn express our love by laying down our lives for those who are our brothers. But as for the well-to-do man who sees his brothers in want but shuts his eyes—and his heart—how could anyone believe that the love of God lives in him? My children, let us not love merely in theory or in words—let us love in sincerity and in practice!
My little children, let us not love in word neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
Little children, let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions.
My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love. This is the only way we’ll know we’re living truly, living in God’s reality. It’s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.
My little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
Little children, let us love, not in word or · speech but in action and truth.
Dear children, we must show love through actions that are sincere, not through empty words.
Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
Dear children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring.
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
Dear children, don’t just talk about love. Put your love into action. Then it will truly be love.
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
My children, let us not love with words or in talk only. Let us love by what we do and in truth.
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
My babes, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
Children, let us not love in word, or in speech, but in deed and in truth.
Yeladim, let us not have ahavah in dvar or in lashon but in ma’aseh and in Emes. [YECHEZKEL 33:31]
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.
Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.
Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.
Children, let us not love with word or talk, but in deed and truth!
My little children, don’t just talk about love as an idea or a theory. Make it your true way of life, and live in the pattern of gracious love.
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
My children, we must not only talk about loving people; we must show we love people by what we do for them. We must really love them.
My little sons, love we not in word, neither in tongue, but in work and truth.
My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
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