Verse of the Day

　　

1 John 3:18

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

　　

Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

English Standard Version

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

The Message

My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love.

New King James Version

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

New Living Translation

Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions.

　　

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on 1 John 3:16-21

(Read 1 John 3:16-21)

　　Here is the condescension, the miracle, the mystery of Divine love, that God would redeem the church with his own blood. Surely we should love those whom God has loved, and so loved. The Holy Spirit, grieved at selfishness, will leave the selfish heart without comfort, and full of darkness and terror. By what can it be known that a man has a true sense of the love of Christ for perishing sinners, or that the love of God has been planted in his heart by the Holy Spirit, if the love of the world and its good overcomes the feelings of compassion to a perishing brother? Every instance of this selfishness must weaken the evidences of a man's conversion; when habitual and allowed, it must decide against him. If conscience condemn us in known sin, or the neglect of known duty, God does so too. Let conscience therefore be well-informed, be heard, and diligently attended to.

　　

1 John 3:18 In-Context

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

　　17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

　　18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

　　19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:

　　20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.