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1 John 3:23
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KJ21
And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
ASV
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.
AMP
This is His commandment, that we believe [with personal faith and confident trust] in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and [that we unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, just as He commanded us.
AMPC
And this is His order (His command, His injunction): that we should believe in (put our faith and trust in and adhere to and rely on) the name of His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and that we should love one another, just as He has commanded us.
BRG
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.
CSB
Now this is his command: that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us.
CSBA
Now this is his command: that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us.
CEB
This is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love each other as he commanded us.
CJB
This is his command: that we are to trust in the person and power of his Son Yeshua the Messiah and to keep loving one another, just as he commanded us.
CEV
God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do.
DARBY
And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.
DLNT
And this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and that we be loving one another, just as He gave us the commandment.
DRA
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ: and love one another, as he hath given commandment unto us.
ERV
This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love each other as he commanded.
EASY
This is God's command to us: we must believe that Jesus Christ is his Son. And we must love each other, as Jesus commanded us.
EHV
This then is his command: that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we love one another just as he commanded us.
ESV
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
ESVUK
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
EXB
This is ·what God commands [L his command]: that we believe in [L the name of] his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we love each other, just as he commanded.
GNV
This is then his commandment, that we believe in the Name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave commandment.
GW
This is his commandment: to believe in his Son, the one named Jesus Christ, and to love each other as he commanded us.
GNT
What he commands is that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as Christ commanded us.
HCSB
Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.
ICB
This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we love each other, just as he commanded.
ISV
And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus the Messiah, and to love one another as he commanded us.
PHILLIPS
And if, dear friends of mine, when we realise this our hearts no longer accuse us, we may have the utmost confidence in God’s presence. We receive whatever we ask for, because we are obeying his orders and following his plans. His orders are that we should put our trust in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another—as we used to hear him say in person.
JUB
¶ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He gave a commandment to us.
LEB
And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he commanded us.
TLB
And this is what God says we must do: Believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another.
MSG
And friends, once that’s taken care of and we’re no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, we’re bold and free before God! We’re able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because we’re doing what he said, doing what pleases him. Again, this is God’s command: to believe in his personally named Son, Jesus Christ. He told us to love each other, in line with the original command. As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us.
MEV
And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.
MOUNCE
And this is · his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
NOG
This is his commandment: to believe in his Son, the one named Yeshua Christ, and to love each other as he commanded us.
NABRE
And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.
NASB
This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.
NASB1995
This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.
NCB
And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.
NCV
This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we love each other, just as he commanded.
NET
Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
NIRV
God has commanded us to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. He has also commanded us to love one another.
NIV
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
NIVUK
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
NKJV
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.
NLV
This is what He said we must do: Put your trust in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love each other. Christ told us to do this.
NLT
And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.
NMB
And this is his commandment: that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave commandment.
NRSVA
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
NRSVACE
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
NRSVCE
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
NRSVUE
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
NTFE
And this is his command, that we should believe in the name of his son Jesus the Messiah, and should love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
OJB
And this is the mitzvah of Him, that we have emunah b’Shem of the Ben HaElohim, Yehoshua, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and that we have ahavah one for another, as He gave mitzvah to us.
RGT
This, then, is His Commandment: that we believe in the Name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded.
RSV
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
RSVCE
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
TLV
Now this is His commandment—that we should believe in the name of His Son, Yeshua the Messiah, and love one another, just as He commanded us.
VOICE
His command is clear: believe in the name of His Son, Jesus the Anointed, and love one another as He commanded.
WEB
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
WE
This is his law. We must believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ. And we must love one another as he told us to do.
WYC
And this is the commandment of God, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love each other [And this is the commandment of him, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other], as he gave behest to us.
YLT
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,
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