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Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
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American Standard Version
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
Christian Standard Bible
Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.
English Standard Version
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
King James Version
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
New International Version
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
New King James Version
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
New Living Translation
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
World English Bible
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.