⁵ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.^(A)

³⁷ He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.^(A)[a]

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith^(A) working through love.^(B)

²² But the fruit of the Spirit^(A) is love,^(B) joy,^(C) peace, patience,^(D) kindness,^(E) goodness, faith,^[a]

²³ Peace to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father^(A) and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We recall, in the presence of our God and Father,^(A) your work of faith,^(B) labor of love, and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,^(C)

Encouraged by Timothy

⁶ But now Timothy has come to us^(A) from you and brought us good news about your faith and love and reported that you always have good memories of us, wanting to see us, as we also want to see you.^(B)

⁸ But since we belong to the day, we must be serious^(A) and put the armor^(B) of faith and love on our chests, and put on a helmet^(C) of the hope of salvation.

¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Keeping God’s Commands

²⁰ If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother,^(A) he is a liar.^(B) For the person who does not love his brother^(C) he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen.^[a]