For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
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