let us not love in word or speech but in deed and truth.
The Gospel of John
Let Us Love
Topic: Love, Compassion, & Kindness
“By this we know love, that he [Christ] laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and truth.“
Christianity
The Gospel of John
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, pp. 668-669 [1 John 3.16-18].
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1 John 3.16-18
“True love is sacrificial love. It calls forth self-sacrifice in the service of others. Love prompts us to get involved in the knotty problems of the world, gives us the strength to bear with the failings and weaknesses of others, and moves us to help others regardless of the cost. We have the example of Jesus Christ, who out of love, offered his life to redeem sinful humanity. Moses in his time, and Muhammad as well, endured persecution and exile, risking their lives to enlighten and liberate their people–all for the love of God and humanity.”
–World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts.
John 15.13
“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
–John 15.13.
Barack Obama
I see what’s possible when we recognize that we are one American family, all deserving of equal treatment. All deserving equal respect. All children of God. That’s the America I know…. I’ve seen how inadequate my own words have been…. And so, I’m reminded of a passage in John’s Gospel, “let us love, not with words or speech, but with actions and in truth.”
–President Barack Obama [Speech in Dallas, July 12th, 2016].