Eph 4:32-5:2, Col 3:12-13, 1Jo 4:7-12, 19-21, 3Jo 11 | ESV | STEP | Be kind to one another , tenderhearted , forgiving one another , as God in Christ forgave you .

1 ^cTherefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And ^dwalk in love, ^eas Christ loved us and ^fgave himself up for us, a ^gfragrant ^hoffering and sacrifice to God.

Colossians 3:12-13

12 ⁱPut on then, as ^jGod’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, ^kcompassionate hearts, ^lkindness, ^mhumility, meekness, and patience, 13 ⁿbearing with one another and, ^oif one has a complaint against another, ^pforgiving each other; ^qas the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

1 John 4:7-12

God Is Love

7 Beloved, ^rlet us love one another, for love is from God, and ^swhoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 ^tAnyone who does not love does not know God, because ^uGod is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^vGod sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, ^wnot that we have loved God ^xbut that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^ythe propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 ^zNo one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and ^aahis love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:19-21

19 ^abWe love because he first loved us. 20 ^acIf anyone says, “I love God,” and ^adhates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot ^{▼▼Some manuscripts how can he} love God ^afwhom he has not seen. 21 And ^agthis commandment we have from him: ^ahwhoever loves God must also love his brother.

3 John 11

11 Beloved, ^aido not imitate evil but imitate good. ^ajWhoever does good is from God; ^akwhoever does evil has not seen God.