1 John 3:18

Greek	Τεκνία, μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigλόγος Meaning * A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω. λόγος in Greek Thought Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.… μηδὲ τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γλώσσῃ ἀλλὰ ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. ἔργῳ καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἀληθείᾳ.
ESV	Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
NIV	Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
NLT	Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
KJV	My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

^{1 John 3:17 ← 1 John 3:18 → 1 John 3:19}