Beloved, let us love one another, *for love is of God.

Whoever does not love does not know God, *for God is Love.

In this the love of God was revealed among us, *that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through Jesus Christ.

In this is love, not that we loved God but that God loved us *and sent his Son that sins might be forgiven.

Beloved, since God loved us so much, *we ought also to love one another.

For if we love one another, God abides in us, *and God’s love will be perfected in us.