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OET (OET-RV) So you new believers, don’t just proclaim that you’re loving people, but actually demonstrate it in actions and in fact.![]()
OET-LV Little_children, not may_we_be_loving in_message, nor in_the tongue, but in work and in_truth.![]()
ULT Little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and truth.
UST You who are as dear to me as though you were my own children, let us not merely say that we love each other. Let us love each other genuinely by helping each other.
BSB Little children, let us love not in word [and] speech, but in action and truth.
MSB My[fn] little children, let us love not in word [and] speech, but in action and truth.
BLB Little children, we should love not in word, nor in tongue, but in action and in truth.
AICNT [[My]][fn] Little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
OEB My children, our love must not be mere words or talk. It must be true and show itself in actions.
WEBBE & WMBB My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
NET Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
LSV My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in work and in truth!
FBV Dear friends, let's not just say we love with words, but show our love in what we do and how we demonstrate the truth.
TCNT [fn]My little children, let us show our love, not with mere words or speech, but in truth by our actions.
T4T I say to all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that we love our fellow believers! Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things to help them!
LEB Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
BBE My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
Moff My dear children, let us put our love not into words or into talk but into deeds, and make it real.
Wymth Dear children, let us not love in words only nor with the lips, but in deed and in truth.
ASV My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
DRA My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.
YLT My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
Drby Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
RV My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
(My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but indeed and truth.)
SLT My little children, we should not love in word, neither in tongue; but in work and truth.
Wbstr My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
KJB-1769 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
(My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but indeed and in truth.)
KJB-1611 My little children, let vs not loue in word, neither in tongue, but indeede and in trueth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie.
(My babes, let us not love in word, neither in tongue: but indeed and in verity/truth.)
Gnva My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth.
(My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue only, but indeed and in truth.)
Cvdl My litle children, let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge, but with ye dede, and with the trueth.
(My little children, let us not love with word neither with tongue, but with ye/you_all deed, and with the truth.)
TNT My babes let vs not love in worde nether in tonge: but with dede and in veritie:
(My babes let us not love in word neither in tongue: but with deed and in verity/truth:)
Wycl Mi litle sones, loue we not in word, nethir in tunge, but in werk and treuthe.
(My little sons, love we not in word, neither in tongue, but in work and truth.)
Luth Meine Kindlein, lasset uns nicht lieben mit Worten noch mit der Zunge, sondern mit der Tat und mit der Wahrheit.
(My little_child, let us/to_us/ourselves not love(v) with words still with the/of_the tongue, rather with the/of_the action/deed and with the/of_the truth.)
ClVg Filioli mei, non diligamus verbo neque lingua, sed opere et veritate:[fn]
(Little_children my/mine, not/no let’s_love word nor tongue/language, but by_work and with_truth:)
SR-GNT Τεκνία, μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ, μηδὲ τῇ γλώσσῃ, ἀλλὰ ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ. ‡
UGNT τεκνία, μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ, μηδὲ τῇ γλώσσῃ, ἀλλὰ ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.
SBL-GNT ⸀Τεκνία, μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ μηδὲ τῇ γλώσσῃ ἀλλὰ ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.
RP-GNT Τεκνία μου, μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ μηδὲ τῇ γλώσσῃ, ἀλλ' ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.
TC-GNT τεκνία [fn]μου, μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ μηδὲ [fn]τῇ γλώσσῃ, [fn]ἀλλ᾽ [fn]ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.