Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:18 RSV)

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (1 John 3:16 RSV)

Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (1 John 3:15 RSV)

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. (1 John 3:14 RSV)

Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you. (1 John 3:13 RSV)

For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another (1 John 3:11 RSV)

No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God. (1 John 3:9 RSV)

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous. (1 John 3:7 RSV)

Every one who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. (1 John 3:4 RSV)

No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. (1 John 2:23 RSV)