But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.