Dear children, don’t just talk about love. Put your love into action. Then it will truly be love.

小子们哪，我们相爱，不要只在言语和舌头上，总要在行为和诚实上。

孩子们哪，我们相爱，不要只在言语或舌头上，总要以行为和真诚表现出来。

孩子们哪，我们相爱，不要只在言语或舌头上，总要以行为和真诚表现出来。

所以，孩子们啊，不要单在口头上说爱人，总要以真诚的行动表现出来。

孩子们，我们爱人，不要只在言语和舌头上，总要在行动和真诚上表现出来。

孩子们哪，让我们不在语言或口头上相爱，而在行为和真理中相爱，

小子們哪，我們相愛，不要只在言語和舌頭上，總要在行為和誠實上。

孩子們哪，我們相愛，不要只在言語或舌頭上，總要以行為和真誠表現出來。

孩子們哪，我們相愛，不要只在言語或舌頭上，總要以行為和真誠表現出來。

所以，孩子們啊，不要單在口頭上說愛人，總要以真誠的行動表現出來。

孩子們，我們愛人，不要只在言語和舌頭上，總要在行動和真誠上表現出來。

小子們，我們愛人、別只用話語了，也別只用舌頭了，卻要用行為和真實。

孩子們哪，讓我們不在語言或口頭上相愛，而在行為和真理中相愛，

小子乎、我儕之愛、勿以言以舌、乃以行以誠也、

小子相愛、勿口尚虛詞、必行期實踐、

小子乎、我儕相愛、勿以言以舌、乃以行以實、

望吾小子、愛人以行、以誠、勿可徒騰口說、而愛人以巧言令色也。

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

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

Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.

Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.

Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

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

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

Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.

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

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

My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Suppose a brother or a sister has no clothes or food.Suppose one of you says to them,“ Go. I hope everything turns out fine for you. Keep warm. Eat well.” And suppose you do nothing about what they really need. Then what good have you done?

Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud.It does not dishonor other people. It does not look out for its own interests. It does not easily become angry. It does not keep track of other people’s wrongs.Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken.It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up.

Instead, we will speak the truth in love. So we will grow up in every way to become the body of Christ. Christ is the head of the body.

Brothers and sisters, what if someone is caught in a sin? Then you who live by the Spirit should correct that person. Do it in a gentle way. But be careful. You could be tempted too.Carry one another’s heavy loads. If you do, you will fulfill the law of Christ.

“ Then he will say to those on his left,‘ You are cursed! Go away from me into the fire that burns forever. It has been prepared for the devil and his angels.I was hungry. But you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty. But you gave me nothing to drink.I was a stranger. But you did not invite me in. I needed clothes. But you did not give me any. I was sick and in prison. But you did not take care of me.’“ They also will answer,‘ Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty and not help you? When did we see you as a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison and not help you?’“ He will reply,‘ What I’m about to tell you is true. Anything you didn’t do for one of the least important of these, you didn’t do for me.’

My dear children, I’m writing this to you so that you will not sin. But suppose someone does sin. Then we have a friend who speaks to the Father for us. He is Jesus Christ, the Blameless One.