Verse Comparison: 1 John 3:18
American Standard Version
`My' Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
Amplified® Bible
Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory {or} in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).
Darby English Version
Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
International Standard Version
Little children, we must stop loving in word and in tongue, but instead love in action and in truth.
King James Version
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Young's Literal Translation
My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!