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1 John 3

1 John 3:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
little children
teknion (Greek #5040)
an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts)
KJV usage: little children.
Pronounce: tek-nee'-on
Origin: diminutive of 5043
, letk us
agapao (Greek #25)
to love (in a social or moral sense)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-ed). Compare 5368.
Pronounce: ag-ap-ah'-o
Origin: perhaps from ἄγαν (much) (or compare 5689)
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
love
agapao (Greek #25)
to love (in a social or moral sense)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-ed). Compare 5368.
Pronounce: ag-ap-ah'-o
Origin: perhaps from ἄγαν (much) (or compare 5689)
in word
logos (Greek #3056)
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
KJV usage: account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Pronounce: log'-os
Origin: from 3004
, neither
mede (Greek #3366)
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
KJV usage: neither, nor (yet), (no) not (once, so much as).
Pronounce: may-deh'
Origin: from 3361 and 1161
in tongue
glossa (Greek #1100)
the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
KJV usage: tongue.
Pronounce: gloce-sah'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
; but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
in deed
ergon (Greek #2041)
toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act
KJV usage: deed, doing, labour, work.
Pronounce: er'-gon
Origin: from a primary (but obsolete) ἔργω (to work)
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
in truth
aletheia (Greek #225)
truth
KJV usage: true, X truly, truth, verity.
Pronounce: al-ay'-thi-a
Origin: from 227
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Ezek. 33:31•  (Ezek. 33:31)
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Rom. 12:9• 9Let love [be] unfeigned, abhorring evil, cleaving to good; (Rom. 12:9)
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James 2:15‑16• 15If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
 16and one from among you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit? (James 2:15‑16)
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1 Peter 1:22• 22purified your souls as ye have in your obedience to the truth unto brotherly affection unfeigned, love one another out of a pure heart fervently, (1 Peter 1:22)

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Cross References

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My.
1 John 2:1• 1My dear children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin. And if anyone sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous; (1 John 2:1)
let.
Ex. 33:21•  (Ex. 33:21)
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Matt. 25:41‑45• 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels.
 42For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink;
 43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
 44Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not to thee?
 45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these least, ye did [it] not to me. (Matt. 25:41‑45)
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Rom. 12:9• 9Let love [be] unfeigned, abhorring evil, cleaving to good; (Rom. 12:9)
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1 Cor. 13:4‑7• 4Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
 5doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil,
 6rejoiceth not over iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth,
 7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (1 Cor. 13:4‑7)
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Gal. 5:13• 13For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)
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Gal. 6:1‑2• 1Brethren, if a man be even taken in some offence, do ye, the spiritual ones, restore such an one in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.
 2Bear one another's burdens, and so completely fulfil the law of Christ. (Gal. 6:1‑2)
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Eph. 4:1‑3,15• 1I exhort you therefore, I the prisoner in [the] Lord, that ye walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
 2with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,
 3using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace:
 15but, holding the truth in love, let us grow up unto him in all things, who is the head, Christ, (Eph. 4:1‑3,15)
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1 Thess. 1:3• 3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father, (1 Thess. 1:3)
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James 2:15‑16• 15If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
 16and one from among you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit? (James 2:15‑16)
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1 Peter 1:22• 22purified your souls as ye have in your obedience to the truth unto brotherly affection unfeigned, love one another out of a pure heart fervently, (1 Peter 1:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.

W. Kelly Translation

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Deara childrenb, let us not love with word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth.

WK Translation Notes

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a
The Revisers should not supply "my."
b
See note to {vi 26664}{/vi}.