Where is it in the Bible?
Where is “Let us not love in word but in deed” in the Bible?
“Let us not love in word but in deed” is 1 John 3:18. John writes it in a letter to churches he had cared for.
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In the Bible
It is 1 John 3:18.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
John writes it in a letter to churches he had cared for.
The verse
Little children, let us not love with words or with the tongue, but with actions and in truth.
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What it means there
The verse before it asks how God’s love can be in someone who sees a brother or sister in need and shuts them out (1 John 3:17). Love is shown by what you do for people, not only by what you say.
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Where is “Let us not love in word but in deed” in the Bible?
“Let us not love in word but in deed” is 1 John 3:18. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. John writes it in a letter to churches he had cared for.
Is “Let us not love in word but in deed” in the Bible?
Yes. It is 1 John 3:18. In the Lumin Translation, 1 John 3:18 reads: “Little children, let us not love with words or with the tongue, but with actions and in truth.”
Who said “Let us not love in word but in deed”?
John writes it in a letter to churches he had cared for.
What does “Let us not love in word but in deed” mean in the Bible?
The verse before it asks how God’s love can be in someone who sees a brother or sister in need and shuts them out (1 John 3:17). Love is shown by what you do for people, not only by what you say.
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