1 John 3:18 Cross References - MSTC

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, nor with the tongue: but with the deed, and of a truth:

²¹ And the LORD said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock,

³¹ These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, my people sit down before thee, and hear thy words, but they do not thereafter: for in their mouths they show themselves, as though they were fervent, but their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre.

⁴¹ Then shall the King say unto them that shall be on the left hand, 'Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me no drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me not. ⁴³ I was naked, and ye clothed me not. I was sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.' ⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer him, saying, 'Master, when saw we thee a hungered, or athirst, or harborless, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and have not ministered unto thee?' ⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them, and say, 'Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.'

⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.

⁴ Love suffereth long, and is courteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not forwardly, swelleth not, ⁵ dealeth not dishonestly, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh not evil, ⁶ rejoiceth not in iniquity: but rejoiceth in the truth, ⁷ suffereth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth in all things.

¹³ Brethren, ye were called into liberty, only let not your liberty be an occasion unto the flesh but in love serve one another.

¹ Brethren, if any man be fallen by chance into any fault, ye which are spiritual, help to amend him, in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. ² Bear ye one another's burden; and so fulfill the law of Christ.

¹ I therefore which am in bonds for the Lord's sake, exhort you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, ² in all humbleness of mind, and meekness, and long suffering, forbearing one another through love, ³ and that ye be diligent to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace,

¹⁵ But let us follow the truth in love, and in all things grow in him which is the head, that is to say Christ,

³ without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father:

¹⁵ If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you say unto them, "Depart in peace, God send you warmness and food," notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body: what helpeth it them?

²² And forasmuch as ye have purified your souls through the spirit, in obeying the truth for to love brotherly without feigning, see that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently:

¹ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye should sin not: if, though, any man sin, yet we have an Advocate with the father, even Jesus Christ, which is righteous.

¹ The elder, to the elect lady and her children which I love in the truth: And not I only, but also all that have known the truth, ² for the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be in us for ever. ³ With you be grace, mercy, and peace from God the father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the son of the father, in truth and love. ⁴ I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment of the father. ⁵ And now beseech I thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that same, which we had from the beginning: that we should love one another. ⁶ And this is the love, that we should walk after his commandments. This commandment is, that as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. ⁷ For many deceivers are entered into the world, which confess not Jesus Christ as coming, or returning in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. ⁸ Look on yourselves, that we lose not that we have wrought: but that we may have a full reward. ⁹ Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that endureth in the doctrine of Christ, hath both the father, and the son. ¹⁰ If there come any unto you and bring not this learning, him receive not to house: neither bid him Godspeed. ¹¹ For he that biddeth him Godspeed, is partaker of his evil deeds. ¹² I had many things to write unto you, nevertheless I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak with you mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full. ¹³ The sons of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. {Here ends the Second General Epistle of John}

¹ The elder unto the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. ² Wellbeloved, I wish in all things that thou prosperedest and faredest well, even as thy soul prospereth. ³ I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, how thou in truth walkest. ⁴ I have no greater joy than for to hear how that my sons walk in verity. ⁵ Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers, ⁶ which bare witness of thy love before all the congregation. Which brethren, when thou bringest forwards on their journey — as it beseemeth God — thou shalt do well: ⁷ because that for his name's sake they went forth, and took nothing of the gentiles. ⁸ We therefore ought to receive such, that we also might be helpers to the truth. ⁹ I wrote unto the congregation: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not, ¹⁰ wherefore if I come I will declare his deeds which he doeth, jesting on us with malicious words, neither is therewith content. Not only he himself receiveth not the brethren: but also he forbiddeth them that would, and thrusteth them out of the congregation. ¹¹ Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good: He that doeth well is of God: but he that doeth evil seeth not God. ¹² Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth. Yea and we ourselves also bear record, and ye know that our record is true. ¹³ I have many things to write: But I will not with pen and ink write unto thee. ¹⁴ For I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak mouth to mouth. Peace be with thee. The lovers salute thee. Greet the lovers by name. {Here ends the Third General Epistle of John}