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1 John 4:8 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

He that loveth () not knoweth () not God; for God is () love.

Young’s Literal Translation:

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:16 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And we have known () and believed () the love that God hath () to us. God is () love; and he that dwelleth () in love dwelleth () in God, and God in him.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and we-we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

1 John 4:7 (93.18%)

World English Bible:

Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Beloved, let us love () one another: for love is () of God; and every one that loveth () is born () of God, and knoweth () God.

Young’s Literal Translation:

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

1 John 4:20 (93.17%)

World English Bible:

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

King James w/Strong’s #s:

If a man say, () I love () God, and hateth () his brother, he is () a liar: for he that loveth () not his brother whom he hath seen, () how can () he love () God whom he hath not seen? ()

Young’s Literal Translation:

if any one may say-‘I love God,’ and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God-whom he hath not seen-how is he able to love?

1 John 4:12 (93.09%)

World English Bible:

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

King James w/Strong’s #s:

No man hath seen () God at any time. If we love () one another, God dwelleth () in us, and his love is () perfected () in us.

Young’s Literal Translation:

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

1 John 4:10 (92.77%)

World English Bible:

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:10 “atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “ιλασμος”, an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Herein is () love, not that we loved () God, but that he loved () us, and sent () his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

Young’s Literal Translation:

in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

1 John 5:2 (92.72%)

World English Bible:

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

By this we know () that we love () the children of God, when we love () God, and keep () his commandments.

Young’s Literal Translation:

in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

Hebrews 6:10 (92.63%)

World English Bible:

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For God [is] not unrighteous to forget () your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed () () toward his name, in that ye have ministered () to the saints, and do minister. ()

Young’s Literal Translation:

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

Romans 8:39 (92.61%)

World English Bible:

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able () to separate () us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Young’s Literal Translation:

nor things about to be, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of god, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

World English Bible:

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

2 Thessalonians 1:3 The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

We are bound () to thank () God always for you, brethren, as it is () meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, () and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; ()

Young’s Literal Translation:

We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;

1 John 3:10 (92.57%)

World English Bible:

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

In this the children of God are () manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth () not righteousness is () not of God, neither he that loveth () not his brother.

Young’s Literal Translation:

In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

World English Bible:

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But as it is written, () Eye hath not seen, () nor ear heard, () neither have entered () into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared () for them that love () him.

Young’s Literal Translation:

but, according as it hath been written, ‘What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him-‘

James 1:12 (92.52%)

World English Bible:

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Blessed [is] the man that endureth () temptation: for when he is tried, () he shall receive () the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised () to them that love () him.

Young’s Literal Translation:

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

1 John 2:5 (92.50%)

World English Bible:

But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But whoso keepeth () his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: () hereby know we () that we are () in him.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

Mark 12:30 (92.45%)

World English Bible:

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

Mark 12:30 Deuteronomy 6:4-5

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And thou shalt love () the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength-this is the first command;

Romans 5:5 (92.41%)

World English Bible:

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And hope maketh not ashamed; () because the love of God is shed abroad () in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given () unto us.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

World English Bible:

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

That their hearts might be comforted, () being knit together () in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Young’s Literal Translation:

that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

1 John 4:21 (92.40%)

World English Bible:

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And this commandment have we () from him, That he who loveth () God love () his brother also.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

Ephesians 2:4 (92.37%)

World English Bible:

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But God, who is () rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved () us,

Young’s Literal Translation:

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

World English Bible:

and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And to know () the love of Christ, which passeth () knowledge, that ye might be filled () with all the fulness of God.

Young’s Literal Translation:

to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled-to all the fulness of God;

1 John 5:3 (92.36%)

World English Bible:

For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For this is () the love of God, that we keep () his commandments: and his commandments are () not grievous.

Young’s Literal Translation:

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

1 John 3:1 (92.33%)

World English Bible:

See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Behold, () what manner of love the Father hath bestowed () upon us, that we should be called () the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth () us not, because it knew () him not.

Young’s Literal Translation:

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

Mark 12:33 (92.23%)

World English Bible:

and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And to love () him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love () [his] neighbour as himself, is () more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as one’s self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.’

1 John 4:9 (92.18%)

World English Bible:

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.

1 John 4:9 The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

In this was manifested () the love of God toward us, because that God sent () his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live () through him.

Young’s Literal Translation:

In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son-the only begotten-hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;

World English Bible:

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But thou, O man of God, flee () these things; and follow after () righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

Matthew 6:24 (91.92%)

World English Bible:

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

No man can () serve () two masters: for either he will hate () the one, and love () the other; or else he will hold () to the one, and despise () the other. Ye cannot () serve () God and mammon.

Young’s Literal Translation:

‘None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

Luke 16:13 (91.92%)

World English Bible:

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

Luke 16:13 “Mammon” refers to riches or a false god of wealth.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

No servant can () serve () two masters: for either he will hate () the one, and love () the other; or else he will hold () to the one, and despise () the other. Ye cannot () serve () God and mammon.

Young’s Literal Translation:

‘No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.’

2 John 1:6 (91.82%)

World English Bible:

This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And this is () love, that we walk () after his commandments. This is () the commandment, That, as ye have heard () from the beginning, ye should walk () in it.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

1 John 4:17 (91.63%)

World English Bible:

In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Herein is our love made perfect, () that we may have () boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, () so are () we in this world.

Young’s Literal Translation:

In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we-we also are in this world;

World English Bible:

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But as touching brotherly love ye need () not that I write () unto you: for ye yourselves are () taught of God to love () one another.

Young’s Literal Translation:

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of my writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

World English Bible:

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For God is () my record, how greatly I long after () you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Young’s Literal Translation:

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

World English Bible:

Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Wherefore? because I love () you not? God knoweth. ()

Young’s Literal Translation:

wherefore? because I do not love you? God hath known!

Hebrews 1:9 (91.32%)

World English Bible:

You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

Hebrews 1:9 Psalm 45:6-7

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Thou hast loved () righteousness, and hated () iniquity; therefore God, [even] thy God, hath anointed () thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Young’s Literal Translation:

thou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee-God, thy God-with oil of gladness above thy partners;’

World English Bible:

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Finally, brethren, farewell. () Be perfect, () be of good comfort, () be of one mind, () live in peace; () and the God of love and peace shall be () with you.

Young’s Literal Translation:

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

1 John 4:11 (91.31%)

World English Bible:

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Beloved, if God so loved () us, we ought () also to love () one another.

Young’s Literal Translation:

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

Hebrews 13:5 (91.29%)

World English Bible:

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:5 Deuteronomy 31:6

King James w/Strong’s #s:

[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content () with such things as ye have: () for he hath said, () I will never leave () thee, nor forsake () thee.

Young’s Literal Translation:

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, ‘No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,’

World English Bible:

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And now abideth () faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love-these three; and the greatest of these is love.

1 Peter 2:17 (91.27%)

World English Bible:

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Honour () all [men]. Love () the brotherhood. Fear () God. Honour () the king.

Young’s Literal Translation:

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

World English Bible:

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Remembering () without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Young’s Literal Translation:

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

World English Bible:

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And the Lord direct () your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

1 John 3:17 (91.17%)

World English Bible:

But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But whoso hath () this world’s good, and seeth () his brother have () need, and shutteth up () his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth () the love of God in him?

Young’s Literal Translation:

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him-how doth the love of God remain in him?

Jude 1:21 (91.13%)

World English Bible:

Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Keep () yourselves in the love of God, looking for () the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Young’s Literal Translation:

yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ-to life age-during;

World English Bible:

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you all. Amen. «[The second [epistle] to the Corinthians was written () from Philippi, [a city] of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.

Young’s Literal Translation:

the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, is with you all! Amen.

World English Bible:

But anyone who loves God is known by him.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But if any man love () God, the same is known () of him.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

Luke 6:35 (91.02%)

World English Bible:

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But love ye () your enemies, and do good, () and lend, () hoping for nothing again; () and your reward shall be () great, and ye shall be () the children of the Highest: for he is () kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.

Young’s Literal Translation:

‘But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

1 John 3:16 (90.91%)

World English Bible:

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Hereby perceive we () the love [of God], because he laid down () his life for us: and we ought () to lay down () [our] lives for the brethren.

Young’s Literal Translation:

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

Ephesians 1:4 (90.14%)

World English Bible:

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

According as he hath chosen () us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be () holy and without blame before him in love:

Young’s Literal Translation:

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

2 Timothy 4:8 (89.97%)

World English Bible:

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Henceforth there is laid up () for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give () me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love () his appearing.

Young’s Literal Translation:

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord-the Righteous Judge-shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

Romans 9:25 (89.86%)

World English Bible:

As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”

Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23

King James w/Strong’s #s:

As he saith () also in Osee, I will call () them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, () which was not beloved. ()

Young’s Literal Translation:

as also in Hosea He saith, ‘I will call what is not My people-My people; and her not beloved-Beloved,

1 John 3:23 (89.56%)

World English Bible:

This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

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.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,

World English Bible:

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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