WEB
KJV
18. My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
ASV
18. My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
ESV
18. Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
ERVEN
18. My children, our love should not be only words and talk. No, our love must be real. We must show our love by the things we do.
NLT
18. Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
NET
18. Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
NLV
18. My children, let us not love with words or in talk only. Let us love by what we do and in truth.
HCSB
18. Little children, we must not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth;
YLT
18. My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
LITV
18. My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
RV
18. {cf15i My} little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
NCV
18. My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring.
MKJV
18. My children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
AKJV
18. My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
LXXEN
KJV
18. My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
AMP
18. Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).
KJVP
18. My G3450 P-1GS little children G5040 N-VPN , let us not G3361 PRT-N love G25 V-PAS-1P in word G3056 N-DSM , neither G3366 CONJ in tongue G1100 N-DSF ; but G235 CONJ in deed G2041 N-DSN and G2532 CONJ in truth G225 N-DSF .
YLT
18. My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
ASV
18. My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
WEB
18. My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
NASB
18. Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
ESV
18. Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
RV
18. {cf15i My} little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
RSV
18. Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.
NKJV
18. My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
MKJV
18. My children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
AKJV
18. My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
NRSV
18. Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
NIV
18. Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
NIRV
18. Dear children, don't just talk about love. Put your love into action. Then it will truly be love.
NLT
18. Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
MSG
18. My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love.
GNB
18. My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.
NET
18. Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
ERVEN
18. My children, our love should not be only words and talk. No, our love must be real. We must show our love by the things we do.