See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children — and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for our brothers and sisters!

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us.God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.

This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.

We love because God first loved us.

And God showed his love for us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have life through him.

For our love for God means that we obey his commands. And his commands are not too hard for us,

My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.