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1 John 3:18 — King James Version← Study notes

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


1 John 3:18Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 3:1812 words
GreekMeaning
ΤεκνίαTeknia
Little childrennounG5040
μὴ
notadverbG3361
ἀγαπῶμενagapōmen
we may loveverbG25
λόγῳlogō
in wordnounG3056
μηδὲmēde
norwordG3366
τῇ
thearticleG3588
γλώσσῃglōssē
in tonguenounG1100
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ἔργῳergō
actionnounG2041
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἀληθείᾳalētheia
in truthnounG225
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 John 3:18

“In this know we love:” 1 John 3:16 he means, perfection of love, that perfection which we have bidden you lay to heart: “In this know we love, that He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” Lo here, whence that came: “Peter, do you love me? Feed My sheep.” John 21:15-19 For, that you may know that He would have His sheep to be so fed by him, as that he should lay down his life for the sheep, straightway said He this to him: “When you…

Augustine · 4th century · Homily 5 on the First Epistle of John
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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