⁹ ‘The Lord of Armies says this: “Make fair decisions.^(A) Show faithful love and compassion^(B) to one another.

³⁴ ‘I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.

¹⁰ Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters.^(A) Take the lead in honouring one another.^(B)

Loving and Working

⁹ About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write to you because you yourselves are taught by God^(A) to love one another.^(B)

Knowing God through Love

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God^(A) and knows God.